Liberia: Information on whether civilians or members of any particular ethnic groups are being targeted by the armed forces or by guerrilla organizations
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 February 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LBR28756.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Liberia: Information on whether civilians or members of any particular ethnic groups are being targeted by the armed forces or by guerrilla organizations, 1 February 1998, LBR28756.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abe533.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
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For information on whether civilians are targets of attack by government or guerrilla forces, please see Response to Information Request LBR28731.E of 10 February 1998.
A researcher on Liberia for Human Rights Watch/Africa in New York told the Research Directorate in a 12 February 1998 telephone interview that she has no knowledge of any particular ethnic group being targeted for attack by government forces or by guerrilla organizations in Liberia. The researcher added that civilians in Liberia are more at risk of being robbed by unemployed former guerrilla combatants than they are of being victims of ethnically-motivated attack.
For information on the possibility of discrimination based on ethnicity, please also see Response to Information Request LBR28675.E of 11 February 1998.
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.
Reference
Human Rights Watch/Africa, New York. 12 February 1998. Telephone interview with a researcher on Liberia.
