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Tanzania: 1. Please provide background on the religions in Tanzania. 2. Please provide information on the proportion of people practising the old (witchcraft) religions. 3. Please provide information on the extent of the practice of Christianity in Tanzania. 4. Please provide information on the extent of religious tolerance in Tanzania, especially between Christians and those who practice the old religion. 5. Is there information on the sorts of rituals and icons that devotees of the old witchcraft religion would be expected to practice or to display in their house? 6. Is there information on whether believers of the old religion would consider their family to be cursed if a member of the family did not practice witchcraft and rituals? 7. Please provide information on the attitude and effectiveness of the police in protecting women who are threatened, and particularly (if available) information on the attitude and protection by police towards Christian women threatened with harm for not practising the old religion or performing the rituals. 8. Please provide information on the extent of domestic violence in Tanzania, and the mechanisms (legislation, state institutions, and NGOs) in place to prevent this. 9. Please provide background information on the exit procedures for a married person who wants to leave Tanzania

30 November 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

India: 1. What is the definition of domestic violence in Indian law? 2. Can men, by definition, be subjected to domestic violence, and therefore claim protection though the legal system from domestic violence? 3. What does country information indicate about the prevalence of domestic violence against men in India? 4. Is there information that raises the issue of discrimination against Indian men who have brought shame upon their wives' families? 5. What country information is available concerning false dowry cases being brought against husbands or men in India? 6. Does the information provide the motivation behind such cases: e.g. revenge, retribution, an illegal means of making money? 7. Does the information indicate that a man subjected to serious harm by his wife's family would be unable to seek redress against the perpetrators of the harm he fears through the Indian police and legal system? 8. Does country information indicate that a man who has had a false dowry case brought against him would be unable to seek redress against the perpetrators of the harm he fears through the Indian police and legal system? 9. Is there information available that people would not be able to obtain police protection if they are poor and cannot bribe police?

12 November 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Zimbabwe: 1. Please provide information about "kuripa ngozi" (or virgin pledging) - the customary practice of offering a young girl or grown women as compensatory payment in inter-family disputes as well as in the appeasement of avenging deceased spirits. Is it widespread? 2. Is "kuripa ngozi" referred to in Zimbabwe's Domestic Violence Act? Please provide the relevant clauses or section. 3. Is there information that the police do not uphold the laws relating to domestic violence? 4. At what age is a woman considered an adult in Zimbabwe? 5. At what age can a woman marry in Zimbabwe? 6. Deleted. 7. Deleted

16 September 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 1004169

27 August 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Domestic violence - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - Mongolia

RRT Case No. 1003232

1 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Domestic violence - Grounds for persecution | Countries: Australia - Serbia

RRT Case No. 1002606

16 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Cambodia

Cambodia: 1. Is there any current information about the prevalence or otherwise of acid attacks in Cambodia? 2. What, if anything, do the authorities do to protect citizens from such attacks?

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

Indonesia: 1. Please provide information about the ‘Century Bank' scandal and what flow-on effect(s) it had on the broader community? 2. Is there evidence that the Police would not assist in relation to reports of domestic violence within a marriage because the complainant is (a) Chinese/Buddhist or (b) a woman?

30 March 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 0907337

15 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Vanuatu

RRT Case No. 0908450

3 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Domestic violence - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Indonesia

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