Document #1088049
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For information on the treatment of
Palestinians in Egypt before the Gulf War, please refer to the
attachment from Laurie A. Brand's Palestinians in the Arab
World. Regarding the treatment of Palestinians after the Gulf
War, Country Reports 1992 mentions that some 100
Palestinians have been detained for a long period of time for
posing a threat to national security; some were reportedly tortured
(1993, 995). Some Palestinians, although legal residents of Egypt,
are being investigated for their political activities, especially
for their opposition to Egypt's stand against the 1990 Iraqi
invasion of Kuwait (ibid.). This information is corroborated in the
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Critique: Review of the U.S.
Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for
1992 (1992, 101). For further information on the situation of
Palestinians in Egypt since the Gulf War, please consult the
attached documents.
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.
Embassy of Egypt, Ottawa. 16 December
1993. Telephone interview with representative.
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. July
1993. Critique: Review of the U.S. Department of State's Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1992. New York: Lawyers
Committee for Human Rights.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1992. 1993. United States Department of State.
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.
Brand, Laurie A. 1988. Palestinians
in the Arab World. New York: Columbia University Press.
The Guardian [Manchester]. 16
September 1993. Deborah Pugh. "Harassed Exiles in Egypt Look for a
Peace Dividend." (NEXIS)
The Houston Chronicle. 19
February 1993. 2 star edition. Peyman Pejmam. "Egypt Accused of
Illegally Incarcerating Palestinians." (NEXIS)
The Jerusalem Post. 15 June 1993.
"Wanted Gazans Held in Egypt Want to Return." (NEXIS)
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. July
1993. Critique: Review of the U.S. Department of State's Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1992. New York: Lawyers
Committee for Human Rights, p. 101.
Middle East News Network. 17 November
1991. "Middle East Watch Report: The Human Rights Record of the
Principal Regional Parties in the Middle East News Network."
(NEXIS)
The Washington Post. 3 November
1993. Final Edition. Caryle Murphy. "Cairo's Palestinians Have a
Dream: That Accord Will Let Them Go Home." (NEXIS)