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The Refugee Review Tribunal was a statutory body which provided a final, independent, merits review of decisions made by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship or, in practice, by officers of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), acting as delegates of the Minister, to refuse to grant protection visas to non-citizens within Australia, or to cancel protection visas held by non-citizens in Australia. The Tribunal was established in 1993 under Part 7 of the Act and replaced the Refugee Status Review Committee (RSRC). On 1 July 2015 the Refugee Review Tribunal was amalgamated into the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.  Website: www.aat.gov.au/
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Syria: 1. Please provide information about Mr Radwan Tahlawi, Deputy Dean at the University of Damascas in the 1990s. 2. If possible, could you also tell me approximately what proportion of university students in Syria is female? 3. Do Sunnis form the majority of the university student population?

12 February 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Syria: 1. Basic beliefs of Sunni Moslems (in Syria, if they differ in some basic way from beliefs of other Sunnis) - a brief summary. 2. Are converts to Christianity able to go to church freely in Syria? Are they subjected to any serious discrimination or harm? 3. Is sexual harassment of women a widespread problem in Syria, and do the police generally provide protection to women who report incidents of sexual harassment or assault? 4. Do "Westernised" women in Syria face any serious discrimination?

11 January 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: 1. Previous research indicates that the governorate of Muthanna is stable and quite peaceful. Has there been any change in the general security situation in the governorate and Al Samawah? 2. Is there any information to suggest there are ex-Baathist insurgents, other insurgents, Sunni Islamists, the Mehdi Army or any other "extremist" Shia groups present in Al Samawah or Muthanna? 3. If any of the above are present, is there evidence that they are harming anyone, and if so, whom are they harming? 4. Are there Coalition forces present in Al Samawah or Muthanna and, if so, how have they been received by local Iraqis?

18 October 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Bangladesh: 1. Please provide information about the origins of the Ahmadiyya religion in Bangladesh; the beliefs and religious practices of the Ahmadiyyas; and how these differ from those of Sunnis. 2. Please provide the names of any significant Ahmadiyya religious figures/leaders in Bangladesh in the early to mid-1990s

18 October 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: 1. With regard to Sebze Sang Jeghto village in Wardak province, can you indicate on a map where this is? 2. What is the general security situation and control there by the government now, and is it an area marked by Taliban activities? 3. Are there independent assessments available to indicate whether the security situation at present is improving, stable or deteriorating? 4. What is the situation there for Pashtuns? 5. What is the situation there for Sunnis? 6. What is the situation there for Ghalji tribe members? 7. What is the situation there for functionaries of the Karzai government and their families? 8. Is there any evidence of people being targeted by the Taliban or by members of the Northern Alliance in Sebze Sang Jeghto village in Wardak province?

18 August 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: 1. Has Afghanistan generally been traditionally, and does it remain, a society divided deeply between mutually antagonistic tribal/religious/political groupings? 2. What is the general security situation and control by the government now? 3. Are there independent assessments available to indicate whether the security situation at present is improving, stable or deteriorating? 4. With regard to Khankhail, Saidkaram, Paktia, can you indicate on a map where this is? 5. What is the general security situation and control there by the government now, and is it an area marked by Taliban activities? 6. Are there independent assessments available to indicate whether the security situation at present is improving, stable or deteriorating? 7. What is the situation there for Pashtuns? 8. What is the situation there for Sunnis? 9. What is the situation there for functionaries of the Karzai government and their families? 10. With regard to Ghardez, where is it (please include map)? 11. Are there indications the Taliban are active there? 12. Are there reports of retribution having being taken, and still being taken, against people (and their family members) associated with the former Najibullah government? 13. Is there any evidence of people being targeted by the Taliban generally, or in Khankhail, Saidkaram, Paktia, for having come from, or being associated with, Australia?

3 August 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: 1. Are there significant numbers of Sunnis in or around Zubayr? 2. Have there been recent instances of attacks on Shi'a clerics or Shi'as generally in or around Zubayr, or of other insurgent activity attributed to radical Sunnis?

11 April 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: 1. Please provide information on the al-Dulimi tribe and its relationship with Saddam. 2. Is it traditionally based around al-Ramadi and Falluja? 3. Are the al-Dulimis known to be involved in the current insurgency in Iraq? 4. Are there any reports of forced recruitment by insurgents - particularly in the Falluja district? 5. What is the current strength of the insurgency? 6. Are tribal loyalties such that a member would be expected to join an insurgency if the tribe did so, or are there political divisions within tribes? 7. Do men who have affairs with married women suffer retribution from the woman's family? 8. What role, if any, would the tribe play in such a circumstance? 9. How effective are the security forces in providing protection at present?

23 March 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: 1. Please provide an update of the general security situation within Iraq, and particularly in Baghdad, and the effectiveness of the Interim Government. 2. What is the current strength of former supporters of Saddam/Ba'athists? 3. Who are their main targets? 4. What is the current strength of Islamic extremists such as the al-Sadr militants? 5. Who are their main targets? 6. How effective are the security forces in providing protection to potential targets? 7. Is there any evidence that returning refugees are being targeted because they are seen as supporters of the Coalition occupation or for other reasons eg wealth? 8. Are there any reports of insurgents - Baathist, Sunni or Shia - targeting Iraqis who have returned from the West because they are deemed "collaborators"? 9. By what means are Iraqi returnees transported from neighbouring countries to Baghdad? 10. Have there been any reports of employees of transport companies providing information about their passengers to insurgents or any other non-State organisation within Iraq?

18 March 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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