India/Pakistan: Additional information to that contained in Response to Information Request IND8820 of 19 June 1991 regarding the highjacking of an Indian Air airplane to Pakistan, including further details on the highjacking, information on the defence lawyers of the highjackers, and on the circumstances surrounding the death of two of the acquitted when they attempted to cross the Pakistan-India border in October 1990
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IND22954.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, India/Pakistan: Additional information to that contained in Response to Information Request IND8820 of 19 June 1991 regarding the highjacking of an Indian Air airplane to Pakistan, including further details on the highjacking, information on the defence lawyers of the highjackers, and on the circumstances surrounding the death of two of the acquitted when they attempted to cross the Pakistan-India border in October 1990, 1 January 1996, IND22954.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abff1c.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
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With the exception of the attached report on the sentencing of the three individuals involved in the 1984 highjacking, sources consulted by the DIRB do not provide information on the above-mentioned subjects beyond that contained in Response to Information Request IND8820.
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.
Attachment
Keesing's Record of World Events [London]. March 1986. Vol. 32, No. 3. "Conviction and Sentencing of Indian Highjackers by Court in Lahore," p. 3421.
Sources Consulted
Amnesty International country file (India).
Amnesty International country file (Pakistan).
Amnesty International Report 1985. 1985.
Asiaweek [Hong Kong]. 1993-95.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1984. 1985.
Far East Economic Review [Hong Kong]. 1993-95.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily report. 1990.
Human Rights Watch Annual Report. 1987, 1989.
Human Rights Watch World Report. 1992-95.
Keesing's Record of World Events [London]. 1986-95.
News from Asia Watch.
On-line search of news articles.
