Yugoslavia: Information, from 1991 to the present, on whether there is any evidence that guards in a county prison in Subotica have committed human rights violations
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | YUG20328.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yugoslavia: Information, from 1991 to the present, on whether there is any evidence that guards in a county prison in Subotica have committed human rights violations, 1 April 1995, YUG20328.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab6344.html [accessed 2 June 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned subject could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, in telephone interviews on 24 and 27 April 1995, a research analyst at Prague's Open Media Research Institute (OMRI), a research enterprise dedicated to the study of the former Soviet Union and east-central and south-eastern Europe, provided the following information. The research analyst did not provide information on county prisons in Subotica, a city in Vojvodina. However, the research analyst has heard of reports since mid-1992, that people held in prisons in Vojvodina have been occasionally subjected to psychological torture and beatings since mid-1992.
For additional information on the treatment of those held in prisons and in detention, please consult the attachment, as well as Country Reports for 1992, 1993, and 1994, which are available at Regional Documentation Centres.
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 sources consulted in researching this information request.
References
Open Media Research Institute (OMRI), Prague. 27 April 1995. Telephone interview with research analyst.
_____. 24 April 1995. Telephone interview with research analyst.
Attachment
Amnesty International. March 1992. Yugoslavia: Further Reports of Torture and Deliberate and Arbitrary Killings in War Zones. (AI Index: EUR 48/13/92). London: Amnesty International, pp. 13, 20-22.
Other Sources Consulted
News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. Monthly.
RFE/RL Research Reports [Munich]. Weekly.
On-line search of media sources.
Other oral sources.
