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Bahrain: 1. What is the current situation in Bahrain in relation to opposition protests and the authorities' attitude towards the opposition and participants in demonstrations? 2. What is the current situation of and the attitude of the authorities towards Shi'as in Bahrain? Is the Shi'a population in general at risk of harm because the authorities have imputed all Shi'as with anti-government opinion?

21 June 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Malaysia: 1. Please provide any information on how anti-government bloggers are likely to be treated by the Malaysian authorities. 2. Deleted.

27 February 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Bahrain: 1. Please provide details of the protest(s) which took place in Bahrain on 14 February 2011, including the exact location of protest activities, the time the protest activities started, the sequence of events, the time the protest activities had ended on the day, the nature of the protest activities, the number of the participants, the profile of the participants and the reaction of the authorities. 2. Is there any evidence to suggest that protest activities had taken place on 14 February 2011 near the Municipality of Manama, the Diplomatic area or the Dower area? 3. What is the current situation in Bahrain in relation to opposition protests and the authorities' attitude towards the opposition and participants in demonstrations? 4. What is the typical profile of those targeted by the authorities for arrest, detention and mistreatment? Have family members of opposition figures and participants in demonstrations been targeted by the authorities? 5. What is the current situation of and the attitude of the authorities towards Shi'as in Bahrain? Is the Shi'a population in general at risk of harm because the authorities have imputed all Shi'as with anti-government opinion? 6. Please provide information on protests in support of the 2011 Bahraini uprising in Australia, particularly in Sydney and Brisbane. 7. Is there any information to suggest that Bahrainis who have participated in protests in Australia are at risk of facing harm if they were to return to Bahrain? Is there any information to suggest their family members in Bahrain have been targeted?

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

China: 1. Is there any information about treatment of family members of persons who have complained/petitioned against corruption by local government officials in China (and in particular Fujian Province)?

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

India: 1. Please provide background information on AISSF and any ill-treatment of its members by the authorities in India. 2. Is there a link between AISSF and followers of Khalistan? 3. Is there any evidence that members of AISSF are targeted by the authorities for having links with the Pakistan ISI?

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

China: 1. Can you provide translations of information about the criminal offence of assaulting a police officer and provision for minors? 2. Is there any information suggesting that members of the Local Church do not celebrate Christmas or Easter? 3. Do members of the Local Church believe in and study the Old Testament? 4. Are there any reports of overseas activists' computers being hacked and wiped by Chinese authorities? 5. Are there any reports or information which suggests that the government undertook a campaign of checking computers of people with police records due to the threat of the China Jasmine Revolution? 6. Is there any information about what information was publicly available in China in relation to the Jasmine Revolution (events in China) and when this ceased to be available?

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

Ukraine: 1. Please provide information about the 'Common Cause' movement in Ukraine, including details of its leaders, the time of its foundation, and its activities. 2. Are people actively involved in this movement subject to official harassment, such as being intimidated and threatened with criminal charges?

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

Zimbabwe: 1. Please provide information on "H-Metro" and its distribution. 2. Has the H-Metro website been suspended? 3. If so, when did this happen and why? 4. Deleted. 5. Deleted. 6. Is there any information indicating that it is possible to pay to have articles included in this or other Zimbabwean publications? 7. Deleted.

21 November 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: 1. What evidence exists that members of the Workers-communist Party of Kurdistan or persons who have written articles criticising regional government would be targeted by the Asaish and the government in Kurdistan? 2. Can you provide general country information about the government in Kurdistan? 3. Can you provide evidence about the government of Kurdistan's repression of political opponents?

24 May 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

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