Romania: Update to Response to Information Request ROM28614.E of 22 January 1998 on the treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ROM29809.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Romania: Update to Response to Information Request ROM28614.E of 22 January 1998 on the treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1 August 1998, ROM29809.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abfb64.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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The Vienna-based International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) Annual Report 1998 states that although freedom of conscience and religion is guaranteed in the Romanian constitution, the Jehovah's Witnesses remained an illegal organization in Romania in 1997 under the provisions of a law adopted by the Communists in 1948 (1998, 180).
No reports on actions taken by the Romanian authorities and other groups in addition to those mentioned in Country Reports 1998 to restrict the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Romania could be found among the 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.
References
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF). 1998. Annual Report 1998. Vienna: International Helsinki Federation.
Sources Consulted
Amnesty International on-line. Internet.
Electronic databases : LEXIS/NEXIS, REFWORLD, IRB databases, Internet.
Human Rights Watch (HRW). 1998. Annual Report 1998.
Keston Institute Reports. 1998.
Resource Centre Amnesty International files : Romania.
Resource Centre Country Files : Romania
