Pakistan: Information on the ill-treatment of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) members in Azad Kashmir by the local authorities and/or Azad Kashmiri separatist groups
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PAK16030.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: Information on the ill-treatment of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) members in Azad Kashmir by the local authorities and/or Azad Kashmiri separatist groups, 1 December 1993, PAK16030.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab85b0.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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Sources currently available to the DIRB contain no references to the ill-treatment of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) members in Azad Kashmir by Azad Kashmiri separatist groups. However, the attached articles provide information on the treatment of PPP members by the Azad Kashmiri authorities in the period 1991 to 1993.
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.
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Agence France Presse (AFP) [Hong Kong, in English]. 4 April 1993. "Kashmiris Gather to Defy Ban." (FBIS-NES-93-064 6 Apr. 1993, p. 56)
[Hong Kong, in English]. 3 April 1993. "Kashmiri Youths Claim Border Crossed." (FBIS-NES-93-064 6 Apr. 1993, p. 55)
. 29 July 1991. "Deposed Kashmir Premier Stages Hunger Strike as Assembly Elects Success." (NEXIS)
. 6 July 1991. "Repolling in Part of Pakistani Kashmir After Leader's Arrest." (NEXIS)
Japan Economic Newswire. 18 July 1991. "Asian News; Sacked Kashmir Premier Threatens to Take Over Prison." (NEXIS)
PTV Television Network [Islamabad, in English]. 5 April 1993. "Marchers Stopped at Sehri." (FBIS-NES-93-064 6 Apr. 1993, p. 57)
Reuters. 5 April 1993. BC Cycle. "Pakistan Arrests Kashmir Marchers." (NEXIS)
The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS). 6 April 1993. Boris Zaitsev. "Marchers Arrested." (NEXIS)
