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Liberia: Female "death squads" (1990-1998)

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 October 1998
Citation / Document Symbol LBR30306.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Liberia: Female "death squads" (1990-1998), 1 October 1998, LBR30306.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac199c.html [accessed 21 May 2023]
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No reports of female "death squads" could be 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 to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Africa Confidential. [London]. 1990-1996.

Africa South of the Sahara 1996 and 1998. 1995 and 1997.

Amnesty International. 1989-1997. Amnesty International Report 1989-1997.

     Amnesty International. 20 September 1995. Liberia: A New Peace Agreement - An Opportunity to Introduce Human Rights Protection.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1989-1996. 1990-1997.

The Europa World Year Book 1992-1998. 1992-1998.

Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights & Civil Liberties 1992-93 and 1994-95. 1993 and 1995.

Human Rights Watch (HRW). 1990-1997. Human Rights Watch World Report 1990-1998.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1990-1997.

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR). 1990-1997. Critique.

     Resource Centre. Liberia country file. 1994-present.

_____. Liberia: Amnesty International country file. 1989-present.

Electronic sources: IRB Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD, World News Connection (WNC).

Two non-documentary sources contacted did not provide information on the requested subject.

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