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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Ghana: Update to Response to Information Request GHA9880 of 11 June 1993 on Jehovah's Witnesses, and on any evidence of mistreatment of members of the Jehovah's Witnesses by the authorities and by other persons 1 February 1995 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ghana: Updated information on the relationship between the government and the Nyame Sompa Church and/or problems faced by members and former members of the church 1 January 1993 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ghana: Information on the lifting of the ban on public preaching by Islamic sects in Wa 1 November 1992 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ghana: Details of an incident involving the beating and death of a P.N.D.C. major at a Jehovah's Witnesses church meeting on a Sunday (June 1989) as well as the arrest and detention of Norbert Baigi Amediku, son of Eugine Emanuel Amediku who is wanted in connection with the killing, as reported by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) 1 May 1992 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ghana: Updated information on the Nyame Som Pa church 1 March 1992 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ghana: Information on assurances given by the Jehovah's Witnesses to the government of Ghana regarding the lifting of the ban on the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses; 2) Information on whether the registration of the Jehovah's Witnesses was pursued successfully, and on conditions imposed by the government that might limit or restrain the religious freedom of Jehovah's Witnesses 1 January 1992 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ghana: Information on the Apostolic Church of Ghana, its location, current status, date and venue of its annual conventions; 2) Information on harassment and/or discrimination against the Church and whether there was a break-up of the church's convention in Jackson Park in Koforidua on 13 April 1990 during which church leaders, George Asafo-Adjei and Ama Takyiwa were arrested; 3) Information on whether the Apostolic Church is a Pentecostal denomination and on the role of a "sub-evangelist" in the church 1 January 1992 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ghana: 1) Information on the lifting of the ban of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ghana on 1 November 1991 and the conditions under which it was lifted; 2) Information on the treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses/Mormons who contravened the ban before it was lifted 1 December 1991 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ghana: Recent information on the treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses and whether the freeze on their activities is still in effect 1 November 1991 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Ghana: Information on the Church of Jesus banned in October 1987 1 November 1991 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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