Ecuador: Information on the security forces, court proceedings and political groups
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ECU18101.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ecuador: Information on the security forces, court proceedings and political groups, 1 August 1994, ECU18101.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acad20.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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Please find attached several documents that provide the most recent information on the requested subjects available to the DIRB. You may also wish to contact the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees documentation centre (CDR) in Geneva, which is closer to your locality and has an ongoing exchange of information with the DIRB. This exchange includes all the information available in our databases of Responses to Information Requests and other publications produced by the DIRB. Another source you may wish to contact is the Ecuadorean Ecumenic Centre for Human Rights (CEDHU), whose fax number is (5932) 56-8914.
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.
Attachments
Andean Newsletter [Lima]. July 1994. "Peace Agreement."
. May 1994. "Defeat for Political Party" and "Serious Accusations Against Police Chief."
. March 1994. "Plebiscite Questioned in Ecuador" and "Activists Occupy Electoral Tribunal Headquarters."
. February 1994. "Prison Situation."
. November 1993. "Family Denies Leading 'Sol Rojo'."
. March 1993. "Political Trials" and "Harsh Blow to Subversion."
Area Handbook Series: Ecuador: A Country Study. 1991. Edited by Dennis M. Hanratty. Washington, DC: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, pp. 155-203, 207-48.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1993. 1994. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, pp. 426-28.
Encyclopedia of the Third World. 1992. 4th ed. Vol. 3. Edited by George Thomas Kurian. New York: Facts on File, pp. 532-34, 540-43.
Latin American Weekly Report [London]. 14 July 1994. "Dur n-Ballén Backs Away From Conflict."
. 7 July 1994. "Unions Call Off General Strike" and "Electoral Authority Faces Legal Action."
. 23 June 1994. "Police Chief Quits" and "Constitutional Assembly Planned."
. 16 June 1994. "Guerrillas Lay Down Their Arms."
Military Technology: World Defence Almanac. January 1990. Bonn: Wehr & Wissen, p. 52.
Political Handbook of the World: 1992. 1992. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, pp. 220-23.
Revolutionary and Dissident Movements: An International Guide. 1988. Edited by Henry W. Degenhardt. London: Longman Group UK Ltd., pp. 68-69.
South America, Central America and the Caribbean 1993. 1993. 4th ed. London: Europa Publications, pp. 286-88.
