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Jordan: Blood feuds (occurrences, rules applying to them and police protection) (2003-2005)

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa
Publication Date 22 December 2005
Citation / Document Symbol JOR100817.E
Reference 7
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Jordan: Blood feuds (occurrences, rules applying to them and police protection) (2003-2005), 22 December 2005, JOR100817.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/45f147f711.html [accessed 8 June 2023]
Comments Corrected version March 2007
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Information on blood feuds in Jordan was not found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Additional Sources Consulted

Oral sources: The Amman Center for Human Rights Studies (ACHRS), Anthropology professors from Radbound University in the Netherlands and Linkoping University in Sweden as well as a governance analyst with the UNDP office in Amman did not provide information within the time constraints of this Response.

Internet sites, including: Country Reports 2004, Country Reports 2003, Ecoi.net, Factiva, Freedom House, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), Institut français du Proche-Orient, Petra News Agency, UK Home Office.

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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