India: Information on the legal redress available to Sikh women victims of rape by Sikh militants
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IND19113.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, India: Information on the legal redress available to Sikh women victims of rape by Sikh militants, 1 December 1994, IND19113.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac221c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Specific information on the legal redress available to Sikh women victims of rape by Sikh militants could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa. However, for information on the legal redress available to Indian women victims of rape, including by members of police forces and of militant groups in Kashmir, please refer to Response to Information Request IND18555.E of 6 October 1994 and to 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
Agence France Presse (AFP). 18 October 1994. "Indian Police Raped Female Demonstrators: Women's Panel." (NEXIS)
Calman, Leslie. 1992. T oward Empowerment: Women and Movement Politics in India. Boulder, Col.: Westview Press, pp. 117-23.
The Dallas Morning News. 7 March 1993. Final Edition. Jim Landers. "Emerging from Silence; Pervasive Bias Imperils Lives, Welfare of Women in India." (NEXIS)
Asia Watch and Physicians for Human Rights. 9 May 1993. Rape in Kashmir: A Crime of War. New York: Human Rights Watch, pp. 1-18.
Voice of America. 13 June 1994. Lea Terhune. "Kashmir/Human Rights." (DIRB country file)
The Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 27 November 1993. "Women Become Victims in India-Controlled Kashmir." (NEXIS)