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The Refugee Review Tribunal was a statutory body which provided a final, independent, merits review of decisions made by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship or, in practice, by officers of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), acting as delegates of the Minister, to refuse to grant protection visas to non-citizens within Australia, or to cancel protection visas held by non-citizens in Australia. The Tribunal was established in 1993 under Part 7 of the Act and replaced the Refugee Status Review Committee (RSRC). On 1 July 2015 the Refugee Review Tribunal was amalgamated into the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.  Website: www.aat.gov.au/
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Sri Lanka: Treatment of Opposition Groups, Critics, and Persons with Certain LTTE Links

June 2013 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Country Profiles

Peru: 1. Does the country information indicate that Shining Path intimidates people to gain access to schools or workplaces? 2. Does the country information indicate that Shining Path was recruiting or kidnapping children in 2007 or does so presently? 3. What is the status of Shining Path now, in 2011? 4. If people are still being harassed by Shining Path, what is the capacity of the police in Peru to provide protection and are there reports about the willingness of the police to protect people who are being harassed by Shining Path, in particular, are there reports of the police branding people who make complaints about Shining Path as being affiliated with Shining Path? 5. Is there any country information regarding whether drugs traders are recruiting or kidnapping Peruvians, or children in particular?

5 September 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Kyrgyzstan: 1. What is the ethnic/race breakdown in Kyrgyzstan and what is the percentage of each group in the total population of Kyrgyzstan? 2. What is the religious breakdown in Kyrgyzstan and what is the percentage of each group in the total population of Kyrgyzstan. 3. What country information is there about discrimination against persons of Russian ethnicity and Russian orthodox religion in Kyrgyzstan, particularly single women or single elderly women? 4. Does the Government and/or its authorities prevent Russian Orthodox practice in any way in Kyrgyzstan? 5. Is there any evidence that Kyrgyz males are harassing and attacking single women in Kyrgyzstan? 6. Is there country information showing that the government and its police or security agencies are not protecting Russian orthodox Russians, particularly women? 7. Is there information to show that extortion, ransom and kidnapping is on the rise in Kyrgyzstan and if so, is there evidence that the government is trying to contain it? 8. When did the overthrow of government occur in Kyrgyzstan? Since the installation of the new government, is there country information to indicate that Russian Orthodox are being discriminated against even more so than prior to its installation? 9. Is there any information that indicates that Russian Orthodox members are safer if living in another part of the country?

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

RRT Case No. 0903361

20 January 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Alevis - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Disappeared persons - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Turkey

Uganda: 1. Does the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) operate in Uganda? 2. Do they ever kidnap Ugandan citizens? 3. Would such an event be investigated and followed through? 4. Does the Ugandan government or security forces collaborate with the SPLA?

23 February 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. How difficult is it to establish a union in China or to request legal status to set up a union? (General information on unions) 2. How are the authorities in Tianjin? Would they crack down on a few people meeting to plan to set up a Temporary workers union? 3. Would someone claiming to have no permanent job be able to afford travel to Europe (Germany and Switzerland) or Japan for holiday? 4. Would it be difficult to leave the country through Beijing airport if PSB had apparently gone to his home in Tianjin with an arrest warrant for spreading anti government propaganda material?

15 September 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. When did the MQM join the coalition currently in power in Pakistan? 2. How many seats do the MQM have in the Sindh provincial government? 3. How many seats do the PML(N) have in the Sindh provincial government? 4. In 2004 the US Department of State reported that the MQM political leadership has renounced violence. When did it renounce violence? 5. Are there any reports of the activities of the MQM since it has denounced violence? 6. In 2004 the US Department of State reported that opposition parties charged that MQM kidnapped and tortured their activists during the March 28 local government by-elections and the May 12 provincial and national assembly by-elections in Karachi. Are further details available (eg what opposition parties' members were kidnapped)? 7. Did the PML(N) take part in the March 28 and May 12 elections? 8. What were the results in the local government by-elections in Karachi in March 28 and the May 12 provincial and national assembly by-elections? 9. Are there any other reports of the MQM kidnapping or torturing members of opposition political parties? 10. Is there any evidence to suggest that the present government and the MQM are working together to restrict political activity? 11. The PML(N) reportedly has 19 seats in the National Assembly. Are there any recent reports detailing any political activities of the PML(N) in particular in Karachi? 12. Research Response PAK16871 of July 2004 provides reports of action taken by the Musharraf government against political activists. Can you provide an update, covering the treatment of members of the PML(N) by the Musharraf government? 13. The MQM(H) reportedly claimed that security forces acting on behalf of the MQM routinely held its activists incommunicado. What is the relationship between the MQM and the Musharraf government? 14. Is there any evidence to suggest that the MQM and the Musharraf government are targeting members of political parties who oppose the present government?

5 September 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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