Document #1141855
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on this specific subject is
currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa, however, for basic
information on women's organizations in Jamaica, please refer to
Response to Information Request JAM17245.E of 2 May 1994. This
document is currently available at your Regional Documentation
Centre.
It may be of further interest to note an
event that took place in Kingston, Jamaica on 24 July 1991, which
also involved police crowd control measures. For further details
regarding the incident, please refer to the attachment.
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
CANA [Bridgetown, in English]. 25 July
1991. "Police Fire Into Crowd, 1 Dead." (FBIS-LAT-91-143 25 July
1991, p. 14)
CANA [Bridgetown, in English]. 25 July
1991. "Police Fire Into Crowd, 1 Dead." (FBIS-LAT-91-143 25 July
1991, p. 14)
Amnesty International fileJamaica.
Association of Women's Organizations of
Jamaica.
Bureau of Women's Affairs, Kingston,
Jamaica.
Country fileJamaica.
Keesing's Record of World Events.
Daily.
On-line searches of news articles.