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Nigeria: Reports on demonstrations attended by the Federated Natural Environmental Ijaw Niger Delta Movement and treatment of demonstrators, including arrests, by authorities (1999)

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 18 July 2000
Citation / Document Symbol NGA34876.E
Reference 2
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nigeria: Reports on demonstrations attended by the Federated Natural Environmental Ijaw Niger Delta Movement and treatment of demonstrators, including arrests, by authorities (1999), 18 July 2000, NGA34876.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac8e3c.html [accessed 8 June 2023]
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Although there are numerous reports of demonstrations in the Niger Delta throughout 1999 (see previous responses), no reports of a group called the Federated Natural Environmental Ijaw Niger Delta Movement being in attendance were found among 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

[London]. 1999-2000

Africa Research Bulletin [London]. 1999-2000

Amnesty International Report 2000 2000

Country Reports for 1999 2000

Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 December 1999

IRB databases

Keesing's 1999

World News Connection (WNC)

Internet sites including:

Africa News Service

Council of Ijaw Associations Abroad

Ijaw Resource Center

Nigeria Media Monitor

Nigeria News Network

Mail and Guardian [Johannesburg].

Post Express [Lagos].

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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