Document #1314115
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For information on the Eelam People's
Democratic Party (EPDP) and their activities, including allegations
of extortions and kidnapping by their members, please refer to
Responses to Information Requests LKA9289.E of 16 October 1991,
LKA12505.E of 7 December 1992, LKA12480.E of 8 December 1992 and
LKA13739.E of 4 April 1993 as well as to the attachments.
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.
Amnesty International. February 1994.
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37/09/94). London: Amnesty International, pp. 2-3.
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1994 Parliamentary Elections in Sri Lanka," p. 1020.
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1994. Vol. 2. London: Europa Publications, p. 2753.
Law and Society Trust Review
[Colombo]. 1 and 16 September 1994 (joint issue). Vol. 5, No. 82.
"The 1994 Parliamentary Elections," p. 20.
Matthews, Bruce. 19 January 1995.
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Board (IRB) branch office in Toronto, pp. 2-3 (Appendix 1), 1
(Appendix 2), and 4 (Appendix 3).
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_____. August 1994. Situation
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United Nations High Commissioner for
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Refugees and Asylum-Seekers. Geneva: UNHCR, p. 25.
U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR).
January 1994. "People Want Peace"; Repatriation and
Reintegration in War-Torn Sri Lanka. Washington, DC: USCR, pp.
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