Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) is Canada's largest independent administrative tribunal, responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on immigration and refugee matters efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law. It consists of three divisions: the Refugee Protection Division; the Immigration Division; and the Immigration Appeal Division. The Refugee Protection Division decides claims for refugee protection made by people already in Canada. Website: www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/

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Russia: Whether a supporter of the opposition coalition Other Russia (Drugaya Rossiya) was killed by skinheads on 11 August 2007 in the Moscow subway; whether there are reports in 2007 of members of the political parties that constitute Other Russia being harassed and, if so, the frequency of the harassment; the frequency with which members have been attacked by skinheads or ultra nationalists; whether the parties know if any of their members has been killed or severely injured on account of their political activities in Moscow 4 March 2009 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Afghanistan: Treatment by the Taliban of Afghans who studied in the former Soviet Union, including whether they are suspected of supporting Russia or communism; whether they are blamed for the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan; whether they are denied employment; whether the fact that they are from the Turkmen ethnic group from Mazar-I-Sharif affects their treatment 1 May 1999 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Russia: Information on whether an individual had to be a Party member or considered "politically reliable" in order to study economics in the Russian Republic of the 1970s 1 October 1997 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Soviet Union: Information on high profile Jews who have been convicted on allegedly fabricated charges and imprisoned in order to silence their political opinion 1 May 1993 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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