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Title	Colombia: Activities of a Colombian social cleansing group known as "Jóvenes del Bien" and any state efforts to deal with it
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Colombia
Publication Date	2 April 2004
Citation / Document Symbol	COL42453.E
Reference	2
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Colombia: Activities of a Colombian social cleansing group known as "Jóvenes del Bien" and any state efforts to deal with it, 2 April 2004, COL42453.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/41501bffe.html [accessed 3 June 2012]
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Colombia: Activities of a Colombian social cleansing group known as "Jóvenes del Bien" and any state efforts to deal with it

Information on a Colombian social cleansing group known as "Jóvenes del Bien" 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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos). Bogotá.

Unsuccessful attempts to contact the Corporación Colectivo de Abogados "José Alvear Restrapo"

Internet Sites, including: Amnesty International (AI), BBC Mundo, Colombia Week, El Colombiano, European Country of Origin Information Network (ECOI), Freedom House, Human Rights Internet (HRI), Human Rights Watch (HRW), Radio Caracol, Semana, UK Home Office, United Nations Criminal Justice Network (UNCJIN), US Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, World News, World News Connections.

Publications: Extremist Groups 2002

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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