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India: 1. What is the situation in Kerala at the present time for Christians generally who are not involved in missionary work or evangelism?

8 July 2011 | 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

Nepal: 1. What percentage of the population is Christian in Nepal? Does this differ between Kathmandu and rural areas? 2. What is the treatment of Christians in Nepal by members of other religious groups? 3. Do the authorities respond adequately to sectarian problems/tensions? 4. Is there any record of Mormon activity (including proselytising missionaries) in Nepal? If so, how have they been treated?

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

India: 1. Deleted. 2. Please provide information on the situation for people in the Punjab who seek to enter into mixed Sikh-Hindu marriages. 3. Please provide information on procedures for checking passengers departing India by air. 4. Are there procedures for detecting people wanted by the Indian authorities on arrival at, or departure from, Indian airports?

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

Indonesia: 1. Are there reports of corrupt extortion of payments from businesses in Bali by tax officials and by council officials? 2. If yes to the first question, are the extortions at such a level as to threaten the viability of a sole trader's business? 3. Is there evidence of such extortion being differentially targeted at Chinese businesses? 4. Is there any differential failure (according to Chinese descent or Hindu religion) by the Indonesian government (at whatever relevant level) to support those in financial difficulty? 5. Would a small trader whose business has failed in Bali be at risk of homelessness or starvation? Would this risk differ depending on Chinese background or Hindu faith? 6. Is there any other kind of discrimination or harm suffered by Chinese or Hindus in Bali? 7. If the answers to any of the questions above is yes, could a Chinese Hindu sole trader, with a wife and children, avoid discrimination by moving to another part of Indonesia? Would the cost of such a move be prohibitive? Would there be any other part of the country more supportive than Bali?

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

India: 1. What is the MIM and what is its relationship to the Muslim Youth Association and the Muslim Youth League. 2. Can it be confirmed that at any time in the 1990s, the President of either MIM or the Muslim League Association was Mr Akbaruddin Owas or that the treasurer was Mohammed Osman. Is it possible to confirm that Mohammed Osman was shot dead by police in 1997? 3. Are there any reports of violent clashes in July 2001 between the MiM and Hindu nationalist groups? 4. What is the current position in relation to conflict between Muslims and Hindus in Hyderabad? 5. Is there effective state protection for Muslims in Hyderabad? 6. Is there effective state protection for Muslims elsewhere in India? 7. Are there any laws or other known factors which would prevent a Muslim person from Hyderabad relocating to another part of India to seek state protection? 8. Deleted. 9. Please provide information on the background of the BJP and discuss the likelihood of the organisation targeting or harming political or religious opponents in Hyderabad or other parts of India?

17 December 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Nepal: 1. Is the practice of Christianity or any other religion legal in Nepal? 2. Is proselytizing legal in Nepal? 3. What is the Nepali government's attitude towards religion and religious practice in Nepal, in particular towards Christianity? 4. What is the attitude of Nepal's dominant religious groups, who are Hindus, towards other religious groups including Christian groups? 5. Do Hindu converts to another religion including Christianity face family, community and societal problems and, if yes, what is the nature of these problems? 6. What state protection would be afforded to Hindus who convert to Christianity who suffer any type of harm from Hindus, Hindu religious groups, family members, community and the society?

29 October 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: 1. Please provide an update, focussing on a) level of societal discrimination against lesbians in Fiji, especially Indian Hindus; b) official discrimination against lesbians; and c) access to police protection for lesbians.

26 May 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 0905690

17 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Hindu - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to education - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Malaysia

RRT Case No. 0907562

18 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Hindu - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection | Countries: Australia - Iraq

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