Zaire: Information regarding a fire at the Kimbeimbe detention centre and the resulting escapes
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ZAR25479.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Zaire: Information regarding a fire at the Kimbeimbe detention centre and the resulting escapes, 1 October 1996, ZAR25479.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab4948.html [accessed 31 May 2023] |
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During a 22 October 1996 telephone interview, the director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (CDH), based in Lubumbashi (see attachment), explained that Kimbeimbe is a commando military camp located at km 15 on the road from Lubumbashi to Likasi. The CDH director added that his organization has never heard of a detention centre at Kimbeimbe military camp.
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. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (CDH), Lubumbashi. 22 October 1996. Telephone interview with director.
Attachment
Peter Rosenblum. 1994. The Status of Human Rights Organisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: International Human Rights Internship Program and the Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights, p. 63.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Annual Report. 1996.
AZADHO reports. 1994-1996.
Country Reports on Human Right Practices for 1995. 1996.
Human Rights Watch World Report. 1996
News from Africa Watch [Newark]. 1996.
Observatoire international des prisons [Lyon]. 1995.
Three oral sources contacted did not provide information on the above-mentioned subject.
