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Title	Sudan: Information on exemption from the national military service due to being an only son in the family; whether this exemption applies to Popular Defence Forces (PDF) training; circumstances under which a person can get a deferral or exemption
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Sudan
Publication Date	11 January 2002
Citation / Document Symbol	SDN38238.E
Reference	2
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Sudan: Information on exemption from the national military service due to being an only son in the family; whether this exemption applies to Popular Defence Forces (PDF) training; circumstances under which a person can get a deferral or exemption

No reports on whether an individual can be exempted from national military service and Popular Defence Forces (PDF) training for the reason of being an only son could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

However, for comprehensive information on national service and Popular Defence Forces (PDF) in Sudan, please consult the Human Rights Watch publication, Behind the Red Line: Political Repression in Sudan, pages 268-291, available at Regional Documentation Centres.

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.

Sources Consulted

Africa Confidential.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series.

Amnesty International Report for 2001.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2000. 2001.

Keesings' Record of World Events.

LEXIS/NEXIS.

Oral sources.

Resource Centre. Country File. Sudan.

Sudan Democratic Gazette.

Internet sites, including:

All Africa.

Reliefweb.

Search engines, including:

Google

Mamma

Topics: Military service,

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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