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United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

The Resource Information Center (RIC) was established to meet the information needs of the Asylum Officer and Immigration Officer Corps in the USA and overseas by providing credible and objective information on conditions in the countries of origin of asylum and refugee applicants. To meet this need, the RIC obtains information from reputable human rights monitors, government agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia and the media. The RIC then compiles this information in a variety of publications that are distributed to the Officer Corps. The RIC is a Branch of the Asylum Division in the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (US Department of Homeland Security).

This database includes RIC Profiles, Perspectives, Alerts, Question and Answer Papers (classified as "Country Reports") and RIC Query Responses (classified as "Responses to Information Requests"). Website: uscis.gov/graphics/services/asylum/ric/
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Eritrea: Information on the persecution of Evangelical Christians in Asmara, Eritrea

28 January 2003 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Peru: Information on Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path, SL) activity since 1999

27 January 2003 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Tibet [China]: Information on Chushi Gangdruk [Gangdrug]

22 January 2003 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Peru: Information on treatment of sexual minorities

16 January 2003 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Guatemala: Information on the re-emergence of civil patrols in post-war Guatemala

16 January 2003 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: Information on treatment of Assyrian and Chaldean Christians

15 January 2003 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: Information on specifically targeted and vulnerable groups

8 January 2003 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Sudan: Information on Human Rights Violations in Juba Circa 1963; Human Rights Violations Linked to the Republican Guard Between 1966 and 1969; Forcing Compliance of Tribal Leaders with Nimeiri's Policies Between 1983 and 1985; and Execution of Soldiers by the Sudanese Military from 1985 to 1989

31 December 2002 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Cameroon: Information on Ambazonia, Cameroon Democratic Party, Social Democratic Front (SDF), and Anti-Gang [Brigade]

20 December 2002 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Uganda: Information on the human rights group known as "Human Rights Africa/Uganda"

11 December 2002 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

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