Zaire: Information on attacks against Tutsi students in Kinshasa in September and October 1996
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ZAR27180.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Zaire: Information on attacks against Tutsi students in Kinshasa in September and October 1996, 1 June 1997, ZAR27180.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abfb4.html [accessed 31 May 2023] |
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Information on attacks against Tutsi students specifically in Kinshasa could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, attached are some articles published in November 1996 which indicate that, in general, members of Tutsi community were targeted for persecution, systematic theft at their homes and businesses and physical abuses in Kinshasa following the outbreak of hostilities in Kivu region.
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.
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP). 1 November 1996. "Demonstration Attack Tutsis, Call for Premier To Go." (NEXIS)
Amnesty International. 29 November 1996. Zaire: Violent Persecution by State and Armed Groups. (AI Index: AFR 62/26/96). London: Amnesty International, pp. 1-6.
The Herald [Glasgow]. 2 November 1996. Matthew Tostevin. "Mob Rule in Kinshasa As Tutsi Witch-Hunt Begins." (NEXIS)
Le Monde [Paris]. 5 November 1996. Frederic Fritscher. Kengo, tu es rwandais, fous le camp!; le premier ministre zairois est la première victime de la campagne anti-Tutsis qui s'exacerbe dans la capitale, Kinshasa, où les relations s'enveniment entre l'armée et le gouvernement." (NEXIS)
The Toronto Star. 4 November 1996. Final Edition. "Ethnic Feud Hits Zairean Capital; Tutsis Set to Flee as Mobs Spur Fear of Witch Hunt." (NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential [London]. 1996.
Africa Research Bulletin [London]. 1996.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1996. 1997.
DIRB Indexed Media Review (IMR) [Ottawa]. 1996.
DIRB Zaire Country File. 1996.
Info-Zaïre [Montréal]. 1996.
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1996.
On-line search of media sources.
