Information on the arrest of the president of the city congress of Itanhomi in the state of Minas Gerais on or around February 1994 could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. As discussed, a map showing the location of a city named Itanhomi in Minas Gerais state is currently unavailable to the DIRB.

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. Please find below a list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Amnesty International Report. Yearly. London: Amnesty International.

Bartholomew World Travel Map. Edinburgh. "America/South." n.d.

Canadian Oxford Desk Atlas of the World. Oxford. 1963.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. U.S. Department of State. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Latin America Daily Report. Daily.

Grand Atlas du Canada et du Monde. Boucherville, Que.. 1986.

Hammond Atlas of Canada and the World. Maplewood, NJ. 1986.

Human Rights Watch/Americas [New York]. Monthly.

Human Rights Watch World Report. Yearly. New York: Human Rights Watch.

Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs [Miami]. Quarterly.

Keesing's Record of World Events [London]. Monthly.

Latinamerica Press [Lima]. Weekly.

Latin American Regional Reports: Brazil Report [London]. Monthly.

Latin American Weekly Report [London]. Weekly.

National Geographic Atlas of the World. Washington, DC. 1981.

New York Times Atlas of the World. New York. 1989.

Times Atlas of the World. New York. 1994.

Material from the Indexed Media Review (IMR) or country files containing articles and reports from diverse sources (primarily dailies and periodicals) from the Weekly Media Review.

On-line searches of news articles (NEXIS and Infosouth).

DIRB, USINS and UNHCR databases.
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This list is not exhaustive. Country-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not included.