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Nigeria: 1. Deleted. 2. Please provide general information relating to the Egor Local Government area in Benin City, including any information relating to political assassinations, other suspicious murders, corruption, connections to criminal gangs, etc. 3. Please provide information in relation to People's Democratic Party (PDP) leaders, candidates, significant events and involvement in elections in Benin City in the period between 1994 and 2008. 4. Please provide information relating to rules for obtaining passports in Nigeria including if it is only possible to obtain a passport in your home state. 5. Please provide information relating to violence against Christians in Kaduna State, in connection with the April 2011 Presidential election.

29 May 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka:1. Deleted. 2. Please give dates of the national elections in 2004-2005 and approximate timing of relevant campaign cycles. 3. Are there any credible reports that UNP members are of interest to the government or have been targeted/harmed by state or non-state actors in the Matara area, from 2005 to now? Please also include information as to whether the UNP draws a support base from the Sinhala majority.

12 April 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Albania: 1. Was there a local government election in Bushat in 2007? Or in 2006? Or in both years? 3. Please provide information about Zef Gjoni, Arjan Hajti, and Zef Hila. 4. Would a person who was a PDK supporter be at risk of harm from (a) the Albanian government; or (b) Democratic Party supporters? 5. Would the Albanian government provide protection against violence perpetrated by PDS supporters against PDK supporters? 6. Did EU 'liberalisation of visas' laws come into effect on 15 December 2010, allowing Albanians to move freely around the EU (and therefore from Albania to Italy) without visas? 7. Can Albanians who are low level PDK supporters live safely in Italy to escape harm from PDS supporters, even after the EU liberalisation of visa laws came into effect?

16 January 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Indonesia: 1. Is it an offence to engage in political activities to oppose the Helsinki MoU and if yes, what is the formal name of the offence? 2. Please provide English translations of the following laws/articles/sections of Indonesian law: a. Article 7, Clause (1), Letter (g) Indonesian Criminal Code b. Article 112, Clause (1) and Clause (2) Indonesian Criminal Code c. Article 113 Indonesian Criminal Code d. Law Number 2, 2002 regarding the National Police of the Republic of Indonesia 3. Are there reports that the Acehnese community misunderstood that the MoU and subsequent 2006 elections would provide independence as opposed to autonomy for Aceh? 4. What are the consequences of not appearing when summoned to attend an Indonesian police station? 5. Can Indonesian police access immigration departure records to ascertain if an individual has departed Indonesia? 6. In 2003 DFAT advised there is no formal requirement to provide a police clearance with a passport application. Are there reports of this having changed (i.e. were police clearances required in 2011?)

10 January 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

India: 1. Please provide brief background information on the Godhra train burning and subsequent violence against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002. 2. Please provide brief background information on the RSS and BJP. Is there any information to suggest police are 'stooges' of these groups? Do either of these groups target individuals for harm? 3. Please provide background information on Chhatra Parishad and Akhil Bharati, particularly the level of influence one may have over the other, and whether either group targets individuals for harm. 4. Would state protection be available to a Muslim in Gujarat against threats made by Hindu extremists or by the BJP? 5. Would a person be able to re-locate elsewhere in India if he was unable to obtain state protection in Gujarat? 6. Please provide information on the following elections, including the dates and who was running for which party: Gujarat assembly in 2007; Lok Sabha in 2009; and Surat in 2010

4 July 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Egypt: 1. Please provide details of all elections held in Egypt between 2005 and 2008. In doing so, please include information regarding the involvement of the Muslim Brotherhood and any matters of significance regarding the Muslim Brotherhood and these elections, such as boycotts. 2. Please provide information about the 2007 referendum in Egypt, including what the referendum was about and what was the MB's reaction to it. 3. Please provide information about Mr Mohsen Radhy (also spelt Rady and Radi I believe) who is claimed to be a Muslim Brotherhood MP in Banha. In doing so, please focus on the period between 2005-2008, including any involvement of Mr Radhy in elections during this period and any other significant events concerning Mr Radhy during this period. 4. Please provide information about recent violence perpetrated by any Salafist offshoot organisation from the Muslim Brotherhood, or any Salafist groups in Egypt. In doing so, please distinguish between violence committed against Muslims and non-Muslims

17 June 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Zimbabwe: 1. Please provide an update on current information on the treatment on MDC members in Zimbabwe (and especially in Masvingo West) by ZANU-PF supporters. 2. Deleted. 3. Please provide information on the level of MDC and ZANU-PF political activity/violence, in the most recent elections (2008) in Masvingo West in the Mudenge Kraal village in Zimbabwe. 4. Please provide information on parliamentary candidate Tachiona Mharadze (also spelt Mharadza) and his election campaigning. 5. Please provide information on Chief Fortune Charumbira. 6. Deleted. 7. Please provide information on the history of the MDC, key events in its history, and key objectives.

27 April 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

India: 1. Please provide a brief overview of the India's electoral system, including the various levels of government. 2. Please indicate during what years Avtar Hanery served as a politician in the Punjab, for what party and in what level of government. 3. Please advise when the next scheduled elections will take place.

18 April 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Myanmar: 1. Please provide background information on the ruling party in Myanmar and the political situation in Myanmar situation in general and in particular in respect to the treatment of supporters of the National League for Democracy (NLD). 2. Please provide information on whether there are reports on political/student uprisings in 1988. 3. Deleted. 4. Deleted. 5. Please provide information on the claim that monks participated in political activities in Myanmar in September 2007. 6. Is there information that NLD supporters supported the monks by raising funds for them? 7. Is there any information that the monks were arrested and that they were not fed but relied on raised funds for food? 8. Is there any information that the authorities identified political activists through observing those who provided support and funds to the monks while the monks were imprisoned? 9. Is there any information on a petition made by the police to the chairman of the Seaman Employment Control Division demanding that seaman should not get involved in politics? Is there any information on whether and if so how that Division implemented such a petition? 10. Is there any information on the Seaman Employment Control Division requiring the lodgement of a security such as a sum of 12,000,000 kyat, or the signing over of a person's house, as part of a condition of employment? 11. Is there information on a protest in June 2009 involving a protest against the government asking for free elections? Is there any information about persons who attended that march being imprisoned in Insein jail? 12. Please provide general information about the Myanmar police authorities including the level of partisanship or political affiliations. 13. Is there information about the Myanmar police interrogating the spouses of political supporters? 14. Please provide information on what legal grounds, if any, the authorities in Myanmar act in arresting and detaining supporters of the political opposition or NLD. 15. Please provide information on how long political detainees are held in prison in Myanmar and the conditions under which they are held. Is there information on whether political detainees are permitted visits from family? 16. Please provide information on the treatment of failed asylum seekers to Myanmar.

2 March 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Kenya: 1. Is there continuing ethnic tension in Kenya between the Kikuyu and Luo tribes? 2. To what extent do members of the Luo tribe suffer discrimination or harm from members of the Mungiki or from Kikuyu people generally? 3. What is the situation in this regard in the Mathare area of Nairobi? 4. Are there other areas of Nairobi or Kenya where people of the Luo tribe might be safe from tribal violence? 5. Do the Mungiki or the Kikuyu tribe practice female circumcision? 6. Are there any reports of Luo women being circumcised or threatened with circumcision by members of the Mungiki or the Kikuyu tribe? 7. Please provide information on the treatment of single women and their children by the state and by Kenyan society generally. 8. What protection is available to single women who might fear harm (including circumcision) or discrimination?

1 March 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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