Document #1325730
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
As discussed by telephone, please find
attached a copy of a letter sent by the Comisión
Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos (CEDHU) of Ecuador, which
deals in its last part with the requested subject (26 Feb. 1993).
What follows is an unofficial translation provided for your
reference.
CEDHU is not aware of any cases of
persecution of members of the Pentecostal Church. The headquarters
of the Pentecostal Church in Quito informed CEDHU that there have
been no reports of persecution of members of the Pentecostal Church
in Quito or elsewhere in the country.
Please note that the DIRB uses the term
"persecution" in this response solely as a translation of the
Spanish term persecución, which was used in the
attached letter; this translation of the term is provided by the
International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology, which is
available at your Regional Documentation Centre. It is not clear
from the letter whether cases of abuse have taken place that may
not be defined by the sources as persecution.
Comisión Ecuménica de
Derechos Humanos (CEDHU), Quito. 26 Feb. 1993. Letter received by
the DIRB.
Comisión Ecuménica de
Derechos Humanos (CEDHU), Quito. 26 Feb. 1993. Letter received by
the DIRB.