Chile: Information on an organization named "Banda Blanca"
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CHL19671.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Chile: Information on an organization named "Banda Blanca", 1 March 1995, CHL19671.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abdd44.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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Information on this subject could not be found in the sources consulted by the DIRB. For general information pertaining to the Chilean police force, penal system and terrorist groups, please consult the attached documents.
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.
Attachments
Political Handbook of the World: 1992. 1992. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, pp. 145-50.
World Encyclopedia of Police Forces & Penal Systems. 1989. Edited by George Thomas Kurian. New York. Fact On File, pp. 61-63.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report. 1990-1994. New York: Amnesty International.
Andean Newsletter [Lima]. 1990-1994.
Communist and Marxists Parties of the World. 1990. 2nd ed. Compiled by Charles Hobday. Revised and updated by Roger East. Chicago: St. James Press.
Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. 1992-1994. New York: Lawyers Committee for human rights.
The Europa World Year Book. 1992-1994. London: Europa Publications Ltd.
Keesing's Record of World Events. 1990-1994. Edited by Roger East. London: Longman.
Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America (ICCHRLA). 1992-1994. Annual Reports: General Concerns and Brief Country Reports.
Latin America Update [Washington]. 1992-1994.
Latinamerica Press [Lima]. 1992-1994.
Latin American Newsletters [London]. 1992-1994.
Latin American Regional Reports: Southern Cone Report [London]. 1992-1994.
Latin American Special Reports [London]. 1992-1994.
NACLA Report on the Americas. 1992-1994.
News From Americas Watch [New York]. 1992-1994.
Problèmes d'amérique latine. 1992-1994.
Revolutionary and Dissident Movements: An International Guide. 1991. 3rd ed. London: Longman Group UK.
On-line searches.
Oral sources.
Note on oral sources:
Oral sources are usually contacted when documentary sources have been exhausted. However, oral sources must agree to be quoted in a publicly available Response to Information Request. If they refuse, the Response will read "no information currently available." Contacting oral sources is also subject to time constraints; for example, there are periods of the year when academics are unavailable.
