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RRT Case No. 1301836

31 March 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Egypt

RRT Case No. 0806670

6 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Copts - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Egypt

Egypt: 1. Please provide information on what sort of documentation/certificate a male student should possess if they have deferred their military service. 2. Would they be able to leave the country without such a document?

12 March 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Egypt: 1. Please confirm that there is a passport stamp which indicates that a person is not wanted for military service. If so, please advise whether this means that someone has completed his service, deferred it or is exempted. 2. As of 2007, is it possible for an Egyptian male national to receive such a stamp on his passport if he was still subject to completing his military service in the future? 3. Is it possible to provide samples of stamps placed on Egyptian national passports regarding military service and an explanation of the circumstances in which they would apply?

18 February 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Egypt: 1. How are identity cards issued (at what age etc)? 2. Is it conceivable that a 22 year old would have on his ID card an address at which he has not lived for over 20 years? 3. Deleted. 4. What is the documentation process for a deferral of military service? How is it policed, and by which authority? 5. What are the various security authorities in Egypt? 6. Which one is responsible for cracking down on Koranists? 7. Is there a border control data base which would identify whether someone has left the country? 8. Would police authorities know that someone is out of the country? 9. If state security wanted to interrogate someone who was overseas, would they be able to check electronically? 10. If they wanted to interrogate someone, is it conceivable that they might contact the house by telephone and then pass the message through a lawyer? 11. Deleted. 12. Deleted. 13. Is there any evidence to suggest that many ordinary Koranists (as opposed to those who are linked to Ahmed Subhy Mansour or those engaged in polemics with the Sheikhs of Al Azhar University) have been rounded up by the security police and detained indefinitely? 14. Deleted.

12 January 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Egypt: 1. Are there any recent reports suggesting that Christian Copts are at risk of serious harm when they do compulsory military service?

15 December 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Egypt: 1. Please provide current information on military service obligations in Egypt. 2. Please provide information on whether there are any alternatives to military service. 3. Please provide any information available on the treatment of persons opposed to military service. Specifically, is there any information available on the treatment of persons who have opposed or refused military service because the military has been used to suppress peaceful protests in Egypt?

18 June 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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