Document #1195018
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Current information on these topics could
not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, the following may be of general
interest.
The attachment from the Bihar volume of the
Encyclopedia of India provides some brief information on
the Oraon tribe, which is one of the 30 Scheduled Tribes in Bihar
according to India's constitution (Encyclopedia of India
1994, 108).
According to the Reuters and United Press
International (UPI) attachments, a Belgian priest and an Indian nun
were fined and sentenced to six months imprisonment in the state of
Madhya Pradesh for converting Oraon tribals to Catholicism in 1988
without permission from the local authorities (25 Jan. 1996; 30
Jan. 1996).
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
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
References
Encyclopedia of India. 1994.
Vol. 26. Edited by Majid Hussain. New Delhi: Rima Publishing
House.
Reuters. 25 January 1996. BC Cycle.
Sanjeev Majupuria. "Indian Court Convicts Two Christian Preachers."
(NEXIS)
United Press International (UPI). 30
January 1996. BC Cycle. Amy Louise Kazmin. "Priest, Nun Sentenced
to Jail in India." (NEXIS)
Attachments
Encyclopedia of India. 1994.
Vol. 26. Edited by Majid Hussain. New Delhi: Rima Publishing House,
pp. 108, 116.
Reuters. 25 January 1996. BC Cycle.
Sanjeev Majupuria. "Indian Court Convicts Two Christian Preachers."
(NEXIS)
United Press International (UPI). 30
January 1996. BC Cycle. Amy Louise Kazmin. "Priest, Nun Sentenced
to Jail in India." (NEXIS)
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Asian Survey [Berkeley,
Calif.]. Monthly. September 1996-January 1997.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1996. 1997.
DIRB. November 1996.
Human Rights Information Package: India.
_____. "India" country file. September
1996-present.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Daily Reports. (Internet)
Human Rights Watch World Report
1997. 1996.
India Today [Delhi].
Fortnightly. September 1996-present.
Journal of South Asian and Middle
Eastern Studies [Villanova, Pa.]. Quarterly. Summer
1996-Winter 1997.
SHARENet database.
On-line search of media sources.