Document #1315495
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
In a telephone interview on 11 July 1997,
the director of the Latvian Center for Human Rights and Ethnic
Studies (LCHRES) in Riga provided the following information, which
represents the Center's viewpoint. On 12 April 1995 the Latvian
parliament passed the "Law on Determining the Status of a
Politically Repressed Person for those who have Suffered under the
Communist and Nazi Regimes." The law indicates the categories of
people eligible to obtain benefits on account of their previous
mistreatment, and also indicates the benefits. The director added
that the law supersedes related laws that were passed in 1992 and
1993.
A copy of the afore-mentioned 1995 law in
English is not available to the DIRB. For information on the
LCHRES, please consult the attachment.
Additional information on the
above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources
consulted by 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 the list of
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Reference
Latvian Center for Human Rights and
Ethnic Studies (LCHRES), Riga. 11 July 1997. Telephone interview
with the director.
Attachment
Latvian Center for Human Rights and
Ethnic Studies (LCHRES), Riga. 23 May 1996. Facsimile sent to the
DIRB.
Additional Sources Consulted
CSCE Digest [Washington].
Monthly.
DIRB databases.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Reports. Daily.
News from Helsinki Watch [New
York]. Monthly.
Transition [Prague]. Twice
monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [Washington].
Quarterly.
On-line search of media sources.