List of Organizations where Membership can Cause Admissibility Issues

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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
El Salvador
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