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Turkmenistan: Current information on the treatment of homosexuals and the state protection available to them

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 June 1997
Citation / Document Symbol TMT27007.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Turkmenistan: Current information on the treatment of homosexuals and the state protection available to them, 1 June 1997, TMT27007.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac2d6c.html [accessed 22 May 2023]
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Information on the above-mentioned topics could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Amnesty International Report. Yearly.

CSCE Digest [Washington]. Monthly.

DIRB country file on Turkmenistan.

DIRB databases.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports.

Human Rights Watch World Report. Yearly.

     IGLHR Action Alert [San Francisco]. Monthly.

ILGA Bulletin [Brussels]. Monthly.

News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. Monthly.

Transition [Prague]. Twice monthly.

Uncaptive Minds [Washington]. Quarterly.

On-line search of media sources.

Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral sources.

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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