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IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For information on the organization,
structure and principles of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the
Campaign for Democracy (CD) and other political parties in Nigeria,
please refer to the attachment from Political Parties of Africa
and the Middle East. The most current information on the SDP is
contained in Response to Information Request NGA18919.E of 8
November 1994, which is available at Regional Documentation
Centres.
According to Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices for 1994, two CD members were arrested on 11
March 1994 but never charged (1995, 191).
For information on the treatment of the
leaders, members and supporters of these groups, please refer to
the attached documents.
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.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1994. 1995. United States Department of State.
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.
Political Parties of Africa and the
Middle East. 1993. Edited by Roger East and Tanya Joseph. The
High, Harlow, Essex: Longman Group UK.
Amnesty International. 11 November 1994.
Nigeria: Military Government Clampdown on Opposition. (AI
Index: AFR 44/13/94). London: Amnesty International.
Inter Press Service. 27 April 1995. Rose
Umoren. "Nigeria-U.S.: Washington Calls for Democracy Timetable."
(NEXIS)
Political Parties of Africa and the
Middle East. 1993. Edited by Roger East and Tanya Joseph. The
High, Harlow, Essex: Longman Group UK.