Document #1060857
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No references to a 20 July 1994 or a March
1995 rally of ethnic Macedonians in Gabrovo in Bulgaria could be
found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
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.
Sources Consulted
Electronic sources: IRB databases,
Internet, NEXIS/LEXIS, REFWORLD, WNC.
Human Rights in Bulgaria. March
1995. Sofia: Bulgarian Helsinki Committee.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge]. News Digest for July-August 1994,
March-April 1995.
Minority Groups in Bulgaria in a
Human Rights Context. October 1994. Sofia: Committee for the
Defence of Minority Rights.
Transitions [Prague]. January
1995 - January 1996.
Resource Centre country file on
Bulgaria. January 1994 - February 1996.
One oral source contacted did not
provide information on the requested topic.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact other
oral sources.