Document #1220812
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No reference to arrests on 30 July and 31 August 1999 in Tema of rebels who were trying to overthrow the government of President Jerry Rawlings 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 additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential
[London].
Africa Research Bulletin: Political,
Social and Cultural Series [Oxford].
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1999. 2000. United States Department of
State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Press.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge].
IRB Databank. LEXIS/NEXIS
Resource Centre. Country File.
Ghana.
Search engines including:
Google
Metacrawler
Mamma.
Internet sites including:
All Africa
Ghana Website