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China: 1. What is the current security situation in the Solomon Islands with respect to foreigners and people of Chinese ethnicity in particular? 2. Is there a real risk of Chinese people suffering harm in the Solomon Islands? 3. What is the current population of Chinese persons in the Solomon Islands and what are they generally engaged in doing in the country? 4. What is the general attitude of the authorities including the courts, towards foreigners and their security? 5. Do disabled people suffer harm in China? 6. Are there government and NGO facilities for the disabled in China? 7. Are there government sponsored health programs to assist the needy? 8. Are there special facilities for the disabled? 9. Can you provide any information on access to basic medical and social services? 10. Are disabled children denied access to education? 11. Are there any programs deigned for the disabled in China? 12. Do the Chinese authorities allow Christians to practice their religion in the privacy of their homes? 13. To what countries could the standard of care in hospitals in China be compared to? 14. Question deleted

4 October 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Turkey: 1. Is there an identifiable Syrian ethnic minority group in Turkey? 2. How are members of such minority group identified within the general population? 3. Are members of any Syrian minority in Turkey discriminated against or harassed either individually or as a group within society? 4. Any other details about the existence of a Syrian minority in Turkey. 5. Please provide information on the Syriacs in Turkey

28 July 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: 1. Please advise as to how many synagogues there were in Krasnodar (or Kraznodar?) in the period 1977- June 1996; and February 1998-February 2004. 2. Please advise as to how many synagogues there were in Ryazan from June 1996-February 1998. 3. Please advise as to whether Jews in Russia, particularly in Krasnodar and Ryazan, have become disconnected with their religion during Communist rule and then after the break up of the Soviet Union. 4. Are Jews in USSR/Russia considered to be an ethnic group rather than a religion? 5. Please advise the meaning of the following Jewish terms/objects, and whether they have a different word to describe them in Russia, particularly in Krasnodar: * Menorah (7-pronged candlestick); * Torah (book of the teaching and judgments of early Jewish priests); * there is also another book, the Talmud. Please provide the definition of that as well. * Yumulkah (skull cap; it may be Tubiteyka in Russian); * Ashkenazi (the group of Jews who emanate from Europe; compare Sephardi); * Bar mitzvah (ceremony for a boy at age 13 when he acquires religious obligations); * Moile (man who performs the ritual circumcision; this may be the Yiddish word and the Russian word may be Reznick or Reznik). 6. When is ritual circumcision to take place? (Within 7 days of the birth of the male child?)

8 May 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

South Africa: Is there any evidence to support claims that Indians are ill-treated by "black" South Africans merely on the basis of their Indian ethnicity?

9 March 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Turkey: 1. Are relatives of PKK members or suspected PKK members subject to harm or discrimination from the Turkish authorities? 2. Is there an organisation in Turkey called Hezbollah/Hizbollah? 3. What are its aims? 4. What are its objectives? 5. Are there any factions of this group? 6. What activities does it undertake? 7. How does it treat the Kurdish minority in Turkey? 8. Are people of Kurdish origin likely to join Hizbollah or co-operate with it in any way?

18 January 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: 1. Please provide brief background material on the Faili Kurds in Iraq, and their situation under Saddam Hussein. 2. What percentage of Faili Kurds were deported to Iran by Saddam, and how many of these have now returned to Iraq? 3. What is the current legal status of Faili Kurds who were stripped of their citizenship under the Baath regime? 4. Please provide background material on the current situation of the Faili Kurds, particularly in the Baghdad area and in the traditional Faili Kurd area between Baghdad and the Iranian border. Is there any evidence that they are experiencing harassment, discrimination or violence as a result of their race or religion? 5. How effective are the security forces in providing protection to minority groups at present? 6. Is it possible to fly directly into Baghdad at present?

26 April 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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