Information on this subject could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

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. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Amnesty International Report. Yearly. 1988, 1992.

Bangladesh: A Country Study. 1989.

Country Reports for Human Rights Practices for 1994. 1992.

DIRB "Amnesty International: Bangladesh" country file. 1992.

DIRB "India" country file. 1992.

DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa]. Weekly. January to June 1992.

Encyclopedia of the Third World. 1992.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. 1992.

Human Rights Watch World Report. Yearly. 1992.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. Monthly. 1988, 1992.

News from Asia Watch.

Office of Asylum Affairs (OAA), Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, United States. December 1994. Bangladesh: Comments on Country Conditions and Asylum Claims.

Political Parties of Asia and the Pacific: A Reference Guide. 1992.

Political Parties of the World. 1988.

Refugees, Immigration and Asylum Section (RIAS), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia. July 1994. Country Profiel: Bangladesh.

On-line search of media sources.