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Query responses are replies to focused queries or requests for Information that are submitted in the course of the refugee status determination process.
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Colombia: 1. Please provide information relating to the risk of harm in Colombia, particularly in Cali, for (a) homosexuals generally, (b) gay rights activists, and (c) human rights activists generally. In doing so, please comment on the main groups that target such persons for harm. 2. Please provide information relating to the availability of state protection for each of the following groups. 3. Please provide information relating to the capacity of a person to relocate from Cali to another part of Colombia to avoid persecution of the type discussed in question 1. 4. Please provide information relating to the Liberal Party, particularly in relation to Cali during the period June 2009 - December 2010, including whether it was in power during this period and who its main leaders/figures were. Please also provide information relating to the relevant divisions of the Party relating to human rights and sexual diversity. 5. Please provide information relating to Senator Piedad Cordoba, described as a prominent proponent of gay rights, particularly during the period June 2009 - December 2010. 6. Please provide information relating to each of the followeing individuals/groups: (a) Partido Rosa (Pink Party) which is possibly linked to the Green Party; (b) deleted; (c) Ricardo Montenegro (or perhaps Ricardo Montenegro-Vasquez), described as a prominent gay rights activist who was also the director of Piedad Cordoba and a former candidate himself; (d) Pedro Santamaria, who ran a transsexual rights organisations called Santamaria; and (e) a transsexual rights activist known as 'La Madre' from Jamundi (just outside Cali)

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

Colombia: 1. Is it still the case that Colombians who witnessed or were victims of paramilitary violence face intimidation and death with limited protection provided by the Colombian authorities? 2. Deleted. 3. Are past supporters of Patriotic Union (UP) still at risk of politically-motivated harm by anyone in Bogotá today?

5 November 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Is there any information that political groups or guerrilla groups target or kidnap children born overseas? 2. Is there any information that political groups or guerrilla groups have kidnapped children because their parents lived overseas for long periods, or because the parents are perceived as having been successful in businesses overseas?

5 August 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Can you provide a list of the candidates and the result of the 1994 presidential election involving Ernesto Samper Pizano? 2. Can you provide information about a scandal involving the Cali Cartel accusing President Samper of receiving money for this campaign? 3. Can you provide a list of the candidates and the result of the 1997 election for the Risaralda governorship involving Dr Carlos Arturo Lopez? 4. Can you provide a list of the candidates and the result of the 1998 election for the Pereira Mayorship involving Dr Luis Alberto Duque Torres? 5. Can you provide a list of the candidates and the result of the 1998 presidential elections involving Dr Horacio Serpa Uribe? 6. Can you provide information on Liberal youth organisation in Pereira in 1990? 7. Can you provide information on the structure of Liberal youth organisation in the early 1990s? 8. Who were the leaders of the liberal party in the early 1990's in particular in Pereira? 9. What were the policies of the liberal party in the early 1990's? 10. Can you provide a list of candidates and the result of the election for mayor in Pereira in 1992? 11. Can you provide a list of candidates and the result of the election for governor in Risaralda in 1992?

18 April 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: Whether a political movement called Labour Alliance (Alianza Unionista, AU) exists or existed; whether the AU is affiliated with the Conservative Party of Colombia (Partido Conservador Colombiano, PCC); the purpose and/or function of this movement; whether the AU is involved in providing assistance to the poor; whether members are targeted by the paramilitaries and/or guerrillas (1999-2003)

10 April 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: Whether Alirio Restrepo served as campaign manager for the Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano, PCC) in the municipality of Itagüí between 1995 and 1998; whether Restrepo currently occupies any political position (1995 - February 2002)

22 February 2002 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: Information on the Sociedad Civil Mandato Ciudadano Por la Paz; AHINO (a human rights organization); the political group JUCO (Communist Youth of Colombia) and its connection to the PCC (Communist Party of Colombia) and UP (Unión Patriótica) (1998-2002)

29 January 2002 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: Independent Liberal Movement (Movimiento Independiente Liberal, MIL); platform and status as a political party; whether it issues membership cards; whether the party is active in local politics in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca; treatment of members (1995 - April 2001)

12 April 2001 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: Detailed information on 1998 election results, the areas controlled by the Conservative Party, which political party controls the city of Pereira and the department of Risaralda, the nature of the relationship between the Conservative and the Liberal parties

1 September 1998 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: Information on whether Jose Porfirio Riascos Torres, a Conservative Party political candidate in the 1972 departmental elections in Buenaventura, Valle de Cauca, was murdered on 25 March 1972, along with his wife, Maria Arcelina Alomia de Riascos, and three of his children, Juan Marino Riascos Alomia, Bercilio Riascos Alomia, and Maria Felipa Riascos Alomia

1 June 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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