Document #1202193
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No information was received from the
Association africaine de défense des droits de l'homme
(ASADHO) on the activities of the Ligue nationale des
élections libres et transparentes (National League for Free
and Transparent Elections, LINELIT) within the Research
Directorate's research deadlines.
However, LINELIT publishes a bimonthly
newsletter called Le Scrutin (the ballot). The attached
article of Le Scrutin describes LINELIT as an NGO which
specializes in electoral and human rights issues (Feb.-Mar. 1998,
15). Educating the Congolese population on the electoral process
and promoting human dignity are it's major aims. LINELIT does so by
[translation] "making its views public through the press, posters,
theatre and Le Scrutin, and organizing public debates,
conferences, seminars to train election observers and facilitators
for the promotion of democracy (ibid.)."
A representative of a Montreal-based
non-profit organization called Développement et paix, which
sponsors development projects in Latin America, Asia and Africa,
including the Democratic Republic of Congo, stated in a 9 March
1999 telephone interview that LINELIT is one of the many
organizations that strive to improve the social and human rights
conditions of the people in the DRC.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate 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.
References
Développement et paix,
Montréal. 9 March 1999. Telephone interview with
representative.
Le Scrutin [Kinshasa].
February-March 1998. No. 15. Denis W.J. Wadambe. "La LINELIT pour
la promotion de la culture démocratique, l'éducation
électorale de la population et la formation des activistes
du mouvement démocratique."
Attachment
Le Scrutin [Kinshasa].
February-March 1998. Denis W.J. Wadambe. No. 15. "La LINELIT pour
la promotion de la culture démocratique, l'éducation
électorale de la population et la formation des activistes
du mouvement démocratique."
Additional Sources Consulted
Electronic sources: IRB databases,
Internet, LEXIS/NEXIS, WNC.