Being a member of certain organizations can result in a person being inadmissible to Canada. In going through internal CIC documents I obtained through an Access to Information and Privacy Act request, I came across a list prepared by the Canadian Embassy in Paris. It lists every court case (to 2006) involving people who were declared inadmissible to Canada for membership in an organization. Although the list is obviously dated, individuals who were members in any of the groups which appear below should contact a representative before submitting applications or making refugee claims.
Country (Organization) | Case Name | Judgment | Type of Organization |
Afghanistan (Air Force) | Khan | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Afghanistan (Police) | Mohammad | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Afghanistan (PDPA) | OFUQ | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Afghanistan (Secret Police -Khad) | Raduli | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Afghanistan (Secret Police -Khad) | Zadeh | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Afghanistan (Secret Police -Khad) | Moshen | Insufficent Evidence for 1F(a) | Brutal |
Afghanistan (Secret Police -Khad) | Hamidi | 35(1)(a) overturned | Brutal |
Albania (Secret Police – Shik) | Lalaj | 1F(a) Exclusion | |
Algeria (Police) | Kiared | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Algeria (Police) | Allel | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Algeria (FIS) | Chougui | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Algeria (GIA) | Ikhlef | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Angola (MPLA) | Goncalves | Insufficent Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Angola (ANP) | Januario | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Angola (FLEC) | Muto | Not involved in crimes against humanity | Non-Brutal |
Angola (FLEC/FAC) | Nlandu-Nkosi | Terrorist Organization | Terorrist |
Angola (Army) | Joao Antonio | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Angola (MOI) | Justino | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Azerbaijan (Police) | Saftarov | Insufficent Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Bangladesh (PBS) | Khan | Insufficent Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Bangladesh (Awami League) | Chowdhury | Insufficent Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Bangladesh (Awami League) | Chowdhury | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Bolivia (Army, AND) | Ledezma | Insufficent Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Burundi (Government) | Kaburundi | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Burundi (Government) | Ryivuze | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Cambodia (Police Force) | Say | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Chile (Socialist Party; MRPF) | Cardenas | Insufficent Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Chile (Military) | Saavedra | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
China (Government) | Han | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
China (Family planning) | Yang | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
China (Security guard at abortion clinic) | Chen | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
China (Family Planning Manager) | Lai | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Columbia (Army) | Torres Herrera | 1F(a) Exclusion overturned | Non-Brutal |
Columbia (Army) | Bedoya | 1F(a) Exclusion overturned | Non-Brutal |
Columbia (Army) | Ortiz Ardilla | 1F(a) Exclusion overturned | Non-Brutal |
Columbia (Army) | Corrales Murcia | 1F(a) Exclusion overturned | Non-Brutal |
Columbia (Army) | Torres Rubianes | 1F(a) Exclusion overturned | Non-Brutal |
Columbia (Army) | Bonilla Vasquez | 1F(a) Exclusion overturned | Non-Brutal |
Columbia (Navy) | Ruiz Blanco | 1F(a) Exclusion overturned | Non-Brutal |
Columbia (DAS) | Escorcia | 1F(a) Exclusion overturned | Non-Brutal |
Congo (CSE) | Bukumba | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
congo (NSIP/NIPS) | Zoya | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Congo (SARM) | Musansi | Insufficent Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Congo (ANR) | Diasonama | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Congo (MLC) | Molebe | Not Excluded | Brutal |
Congo (Garde Civile) | Yogo | Insufficent Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Congo (Foreign Service) | Imama | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Congo (Judiciary) | Mankoto | 1F(a) Exclusion overturned | Non-Brutal |
Ecudaor (army – Coupola) | Albuja | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Djibouti (Foreign Service) | Omar (Djama) | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Egypt (Al Jihad) | Jaballah | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Egypt (Vanguard of Conquest) | Mahjoub | Security Certificate Upheld | Terorrist |
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Eritrea (ELF) | Hussenu | Terrorist | |
Eritrea (ELF) | Mekonen | Not Conclusive | |
Ethiopia (ELF-RC) | Solomon | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Ethiopia (Army) | Asghedom | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Ethiopia (OLF) | Alemu | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Terrorist |
Ghana (CDR) | Berko | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Ghana (BNI) | Kudjoe | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Ghana (National Police) | Sulemana | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Guatemala (Police) | Cabrera | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Guatemala (Guardia de Hacienda) | Cordon | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Guatemala (Presidential Guard) | Perez de Leon | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Brutal? |
Guatemala (Air Force) | Ordonez | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Guatemala (Military Commissioner) | Aceve Acevedo | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Haiti (National Police) | Valere | Overturned 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Haiti (National Police) | Tilus | Overturned 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Haiti (National Police) | Bellevue | Overturned 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Haiti (National Police) | Merceron | Overturned 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Haiti (National Police – CIMO) | Plaisir | Overturned 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Honduras (Army) | Fletes | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Honduras (Army) | Paz) | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
India (Punjab State Police) | Khera | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
India (Punjab State Police) | Ghotara | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
India (Punjab State Police) | Randhawa | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
India (Punjab State Police) | Grewal | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
India (All India Sikh Student Fed.) | Nagra | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
India (KCR) | Singh, Hardeep | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
India (Babbar Khalsa) | Singh, Iqbal | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
India (Babbar Khalsa) | Maan | Overturned 1F(a) Exclusion | Terrorist |
India (Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front) | Kashmiri | Terrorist | |
Iran (Police) | Bazargan | Non-Brutal | |
Iran (MOIS) | Ahani | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Iran (Secret Police – Sahana) | Nejad | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Iran (secret Police – Savak) | Shakarabi | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Iran (secret Police – Savak) | M | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Iran (Revolutionary Guard) | Torkchin | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Iran (MEK) | Farahi Mahdaviah | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Iran (MEK) | Khassebaf | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Iran (MEK) | Nejati | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Iran (MEK) | Bitaraf | No 1F(c,) | Terrori |
Iran (MEK) | Poshteh | Terrorist | |
Iran (Sazeman-e Mojahedin-e Khalq-e) | Hajialkhani | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Iran (MKO/MEK) | Atabaki | Overturned 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Iraq (Al Dawa) | Smith | Security Certificate Overruled | Non-Terrorist |
Iraq (Mukhabarat) | Sumaida | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Iraq (Patriotic Union Kurdistan) | Hoviaz | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Iraq (Saddam Hussein Government) | Abbas | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Iraq (Army) | Matti | 35(1)(a) overruled | Non-Brutal |
Kazakhstan (KNB) | Murataliyev | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Lebanon (Amal Group) | Srour | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Lebanon (Forces Libanaises) | Sadakah | Not brutal | Non-Brutal |
Lebanon (Hezbollah) | Al Husseini | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Lebanon (Kataeb Phalangists) | El Hayek | 1F(c.) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Lebanon (South Lebanese Army) | El-Hasbani | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Lebanon (South Lebanese Army) | Harb | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Lebanon (South Lebanese Army) | El-Kachi | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Lebanon (South Lebanese Army) | Alwan | 1F(a) Exclusion Overruled | Non-Brutal |
Lebanon (South Lebanese Army) | Sleiman | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Lebanon (South Lebanese Army) | Haddad | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Liberia (Natinoal Patriotic Party) | Howbott | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Mauritania (Army) | Sidna | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Mexico (Army) | Pineda Collins | 1F(a) Exclusion Overruled | Non-Brutal |
Mexico (EPR) | Mendez-Leyva | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Mexico (judicial police) | Fabela | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Nepal (UPF) | Rai | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Nepal (UPF) | Shrestha | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Nepal (UPF) | Chitrakar | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Nicaragua (Police) | Bermudez | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Nicaragua (Sandanista Army) | Morales Murillo | 19(1)(j) inadmissibility | Non-Brutal |
Nigeria (Army) | Osagie | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Nigeria (Army) | Osayande | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Nigeria (Navy) | Ariri | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Nigeria (OPC) | Akanni | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Pakistan (Sepah-eSahaba) | Mehmoud | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Pakistan (TSNM) | Wajid | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Pakistan (MQM) | Baqri | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Pakistan (MQM) | Ali, Nadeem Akhter | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Pakistan (MQM) | Kashif Omer | 34(1)(f) | Terrorist |
Pakistan (MQM-A) | Ali, Syed Zahid | Insufficent evidence for 34(1)(f) | Non-Terrorist |
Pakistan (MQM-A) | Khan, Asif | Brutal | |
Pakistan (MQM-A) | Jalil (2006) | Insufficent evidence for 34(1)(f) | Non-Terrorist |
Pakistan (MQM-A) | Jalil (2007) | Sufficient evidence for 34(1)(f) | Terrorist |
Pakistan (MQM-H) | Ali, Syed Zahid | Sufficient evidence for 34(1)(f) | Terrorist |
Pakistan (TJP) | Hussain, Fayyaz | Insufficent evidence for 34(1)(f) | Non-Terrorist |
Pakistan (JKLF) | Yaqoob | Insufficent evidence for 34(1)(f) | Non-Brutal |
Palestine (Fatah) | Baroud | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Palestine (PLO) | Shandi | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Palestine (PLO) | Zaqut | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Peru (army) | Arica | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Peru (army) | Rocha | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Peru (Army, Repbulican Guard) | Ponce Vivar | 35(1)(a) | Non-Brutal |
Peru (Air Force) | La Hoz | Overturned 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Peru (national Police) | Coronado | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Peru (national Police) | Salazar | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Peru (National Police) | Rosas Meza | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Peru (Shining Path) | Diaz | 1F(a) Exclusion | Terrorist |
Peru (Shining Path) | Florian | Not Excluded | Terrorist |
Philippines (army) | Sabadao | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Romania (Securitate) | Szekely | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Russia (Ministry of Internal Affairs – Chechnya) | Petrov | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Salvador (Military) | Guardado | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Salvador (Army) | Moreno | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Salvador (Army) | Ramirez | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Salvador (National Guard) | Navarro | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Salvador (FMLN) | Rivera Aguilar | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Saudi Arabia (Saudi Hezbollah) | Al Sayegh | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Senegal (MFDC) | Monteiro | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Sierra Leone (AFRC) | Thomas | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Somalia (Military) | Aden | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Somalia (Military) | Farah | Overturned 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal? |
Somalia (National Security Court) | Demiye | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Somalia (Military Court) | Mohamud | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Sri Lanka (LTTE) | Sivakumar | 1F(a) Exclusion | Terrorist |
Sri Lanka (LTTE) | Kandiah | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Sri Lanka (LTTE) | Pushpanathan | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal? |
Sri Lanka (LTTE) | Suresh | 19(1)(f) | Terrorist |
Sri Lanka (LTTE) | Kanendra | 34(1)(f) | Terrorist |
Sri Lanka (LTTE) | Nagamy | 1F(a) Exclusion | Brutal |
Sri Lanka (Police Force) | Kennedy Loordu | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Sri Lanka (Police Force) | Kasturaranchchi | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Sri Lana (Special Forces) | Jayasinge | 35(1)(a) | Non-Brutal |
Sudan (Umma Party) | Suliman | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Syria (Osama Bin Laden Network) | Almrei | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Syria (Resistance National) | Diab | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Syria (Muslim Brotherhood) | Owens | Terrorist | |
Tunisia (Ennahda) | Zrig | 1F(b)and(c.) exclusion | Brutal |
Tunisia (ennahda) | Jaouadi | 1F(b)and(c.) exclusion | Brutal |
Turkey (Dev Yol) | Saridah | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Brutal/Terrorist |
Turkey (PKK) | Saygili | Security Certificate Upheld | Terrorist |
Turkey (Gendarme) | Catal | Overturned 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Uganada (ADF) | Mukwaya | Insufficient Evidence for 1F(a) | Non-Brutal |
Ugana (LRA/LRM) | Obita | 35(1)(a) | Brutal |
Uruguay (Military) | Alza | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Uruguay (Ministry of Interior) | Gutierrez | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Uzbekistan (National Security) | Akramov | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Venezuala (armed forces) | Rojas | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Yugoslavia (2nd company) | Cibaric | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |
Zimbabwe (Police) | Dzimba | 1F(a) Exclusion | Non-Brutal |