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Angola: Update to AGO35070.E of 9 August 2000 regarding the situation of Jehovah's Witnesses

When asked to comment on the situation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Angola since August 2000, the Associate Director, Legal Affairs, of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada responded that "[w]e are unaware of any recent incidents of persecution or mistreatment of Jehovah's Witnesses in Angola since that time" (25 July 2003). He also mentioned that, as of 31 August 2002, the number of active Jehovah's Witnesses in Angola had increased to 48,333 (Watch Tower 25 July 2003).

Additional information on the situation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Angola could not 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.

Reference

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada, Georgetown, Ontario. 25 July 2003. Correspondence from the Associate Director, Legal Affairs.

Additional Sources Consulted

Dialog
IRB Databases

Internet sites, including:

Adherents.com
AllAfrica.com
Amnesty International
Angola Press Agency
BBC Africa
Human Rights Watch
Integrated Regional Information Networks
International Christian Concern
Relief Web
UK Home Office, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Country Assessment: Angola.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
US Department of State, International Religious Freedom Report 2001, 2002
Watch Tower
World Evangelical Alliance

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