Rwanda: Update to Response to Information Request RWA24888.F of 20 August 1996 on the current situation of Tutsis
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RWA28575.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Rwanda: Update to Response to Information Request RWA24888.F of 20 August 1996 on the current situation of Tutsis, 1 January 1998, RWA28575.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abd22f.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Information on the situation of Tutsis in all regions of Rwanda could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, please see the attachments for information on attacks and killings perpetrated on the Tutsis in Northwest Rwanda by the Hutu militia and members of the former Rwandese army. The articles refer also to anti-Tutsis pamphlets that caused several people to flee that region
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.
Attachments
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series. 25 September 1997. "Rwanda: Camp Massacre," p.12796.
Agence France Presse (AFP). 30 October 1997. "Des tracts racistes découvertes dans le nord du Rwanda" (NEXIS)
_____. 14 October 1997. "Au moins 37 personnes massacrées au Rwanda, selon la radio," (NEXIS)
Libération [Paris]. 31 October 1997. "Nouvelles menaces de mort contre les Tutsis au Rwanda," p. 8.
La Libre Belgique [Brussels, in French]. 16 December 1997. Marie-France Cros. "The Failure of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the Victory of Habyarima." (FBIS-WEU-97-350 16 Dec. 1997/NEXIS)
UN DHA Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN). 7 January 1998. "Hutu Rebels Kill 40 in Rwanda Attacks." [Internet] [Accessed 7 January 1998].
_____. 1 January 1998. "Rwanda: Army Kills 50 Rebels after Fresh Attack on Refugees." [Internet] [Accessed 7 January 1998].
_____. 23 December 1997. "Rwanda: UNHCR Moves More Mudende Survivors to New Camp." [Internet] [ Accessed 7 January 1998].
United Nations. High Commissioner for Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda (HRFOR). March/April 1997. Report on the Human Rights Situation in Rwanda and the Activities of HRFOR, p. 11, 14.
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential [London]. 1997.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases, Global News Bank, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet).
Jeune Afrique [Paris]. 1997.
Rwanda country file. 1997.