Whether the appointment of an Arab sheik as mayor of Yafran took place in the town of Yafran (Yafren, Yifrin) in August 1998; if so, whether it resulted in substantial disturbances [LBY37081.E]

No mention of the appointment of an Arab sheik in the town of Yafran (Yafren, Yifrin) 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


IRB databases

LEXIS/NEXIS

REFWORLD

Resource Centre Country Files: Libya

Internet sources including:

Amnesty International

Amazigh World Congress

Country Reports 1999

Fédération Internationale des droits de l'Homme (FIDH)

Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Libya Amazigh Site

World News Connection (WNC)

Search engines including:

Altavista

Copernic

Dogpile

Fast

Google

Hotbot

Metacrawler

Northern Light

Oral sources:

Four oral sources could not provide the requested information within the research time limits.