Zaire: Information on human rights abuses in Zaire
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ZAR5363 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Zaire: Information on human rights abuses in Zaire, 1 May 1990, ZAR5363, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abd2f.html [accessed 31 May 2023] |
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Please find attached the following documents on human rights violations in Zaire:
Raymond D. Gastil, Freedom in the World: Political Rights and Civil Liberties 1987-1988, (New York: Freedom House, 1988), p.412-413.
Colin Legum, ed. Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents 1985-1986, (New York and London: Africana Publishing Company), p.240-247.
Georges E. Delury, World Encyclopedia of Political Systems & Parties, (New York and Oxford: Facts on File, 1987); the relevant section of this document is already attached to your information request ZAR5362.
George Thomas Kurian, Encyclopedia of the Third World, vol.III, (New York and Oxford: Facts on File, 1987), p.2179-2180.
Alan J. Day and Verena Hoffman, The Annual Register: A Record of World Events 1988, (London: Longman, 1989), p.276-277.
Amnesty International, Amnesty International Visits the Republic of Zaire, (London: AI NWS 11/43/89, 3 November 1989).
"Human Rights Controversy", Africa Research Bulletin, 15 August 1989, p.9358.
"Zaire: The Mobutu Method", Africa Confidential, 3 November 1989, p.6-7.
"Zaire: Mobutu and the Masses", Africa Confidential, 20 April 1990, p.3-4.
For a complement of information on recent unrest in Zaire:
"BBC Correspondent: Tension High in Kinshasa", BBC World Service (London), 18 April 1990, 1615 GMT.
"BBC Reports Anti-Government Demonstrations", BBC World Service (London), 13 April 1990, 1615 GMT.
