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Serbia: Information on the Serbia Renewal Movement (SPO)

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 February 1995
Citation / Document Symbol YUG19769.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Serbia: Information on the Serbia Renewal Movement (SPO), 1 February 1995, YUG19769.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab2c4c.html [accessed 2 June 2023]
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For information on the Serbia Renewal Movement (SPO), please consult the attachments.

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.

Attachments

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 16 February 1995. "Serbian Opposition Leader Backs Out of Protest Rally." (NEXIS)

_____. 11 February 1995. "Opposition Leader Calls Rally Against One-party Dictatorship." (NEXIS)

_____. 12 September 1994. "Serbia: Opposition Serbian Renewal Movement Appoints New Leading Officials." (NEXIS)

_____. 6 September 1994. "Serbia: Senior Opposition Officials of Serbian Renewal Movement Resign." (NEXIS)

_____. 20 January 1994. "Serbian Renewal Movement Wants Good Relations with Russian Parliament." (NEXIS)

_____. 6 October 1993. "Serbian Renewal Movement Office Ransacked." (NEXIS)

_____. 7 June 1993. "Serbian Renewal Movement Local Rally Banned in Southern Serbia." (NEXIS)

_____. 5 June 1993. "Serbian Renewal Movement Denies Using 'Illegal, Unconstitutional' Methods." (NEXIS)

_____. 3 June 1993. "Police and Demonstrators Clash in Belgrade: Serbian Opposition Leader Detained." (NEXIS)

Duga [Belgrade, in Serbo-Croatian]. 24 December 1994-6 January 1995. "Former SPO Deputy Chief Markovic Interviewed." (FBIS-EEU-95-027 9 Feb 1995, pp. 39-44)

The Independent [London]. 10 July 1993. Dusan Stojanovic. "Serbs Release Vuk Draskovic: Opposition Leader Pardoned But He Still Faces Charge That Could Bring Five years in Jail." (NEXIS)

News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. August 1993. Vol. 5, No. 13. "Belgrade Demonstrations: Excessive Use of Force and Beatings in Detention," pp. 3-7, 9-11.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Research Institute. 21 January 1994. RFE/RL Research Report [Munich]. Vol. 3, No. 3. Stan Markotich. "Postelection Serbia, pp. 8-9.

_____. 10 December 1993. RFE/RL Research Report [Munich]. Vol. 2, No. 49. Stan Markotich. "Serbia Prepares for Elections," pp. 18-19.

Tanjug [Belgrade, in Serbo-Croatian]. 3 September 1994. "SPO Vice President, Secretary Resign Posts." (FBIS-EEU-94-172 6 Sept. 1994, pp. 58-59)

The United Press International. 3 June 1993. BC Cycle. Nesho Djuric. "Prosecutor Calls for Ban of Serb Opposition Party." (NEXIS)

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