IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author): “1. Student demonstrations in Burao in May-June 19842. Copy of Amnesty International Report 1985 (Somalia) [SOM0766]”, Document #1331173

1. Student demonstrations in Burao in May-June 19842. Copy of Amnesty International Report 1985 (Somalia) [SOM0766]

1. No information is available to the IRBDC at this time on the specific question. There is however, a report from the opposition Somali National Movement, that in October 1984, 300 people were shot by government troops in Burao during student demonstrations. [ Africa Contemporary Record (London: African Publishing Company, 1986) p. B352.]

2. Regarding this subject please find attached the requested information.

ecoi.net description:: 1. Student demonstrations in Burao in May-June 19842. Copy of Amnesty International Report 1985 (Somalia) [SOM0766]

Country:: Somalia
Source:: IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Published:: 27 April 1989
Document type:: Response
Language:: English
Document ID:: 1331173 (former ID 195647)