Document #1314899
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No information was found among the sources
available at present to the IRBDC.
2)
No direct reference to Jehovahs Witnesses
was found among the sources available at present to IRBDC. However,
according to The Europa World Year Book 1989, Volume II,
(Europa Publications Ltd., London: 1989 p.1928) all religions are
tolerated in Nicaragua; also, the Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices for 1983 (U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C.: February 1989, p.651) indicates that "There are
no direct restrictions on religious activity or association, but
the regime has a generally hostile attitude toward the Catholic
Church,...".
3)
According to statistics published in
Refugee Status (May 19, 1989, p. 16,) in the first half of
fiscal year 1989, 100 Nicaraguans refugees were admitted in the
United States. No breakdown according to religion is given.