Query Responses

Query responses are replies to focused queries or requests for Information that are submitted in the course of the refugee status determination process.

Arabs 2
Armed forces / Military 7
Bedoon 1
Christian 2
Circassians 1
Forced marriage 2
Freedom of religion 1
Human rights activists 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 1
Jew 2
Migrants 1
Military law 1
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 7
Minorities 1
Multiple nationality 1
Muslim 2
Palestinian 1
Persecution based on political opinion 1
Political groups 1
Protestant 1
Religious discrimination 2
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
Residence permits / Residency 1
Right to a nationality 1
Right to return 1
Right to seek asylum 1
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Hungary: 1. What is the residency/citizenship status of Jews upon arrival following migration to Israel? What are the military service obligations for new Jewish migrants to Israel? 2. Does military service for a male migrant to Israel in his mid-30s indicate citizenship or permanent residency? 3. Would desertion from the Israeli Army lead to a loss of citizenship or permanent residency? 4. Deleted. 18 May 2012 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Israel: 1. Please provide background on the demographics of Israel with particular detail on the major religions in Israel and the relative proportions of the population who are considered to be followers of the main religions. 2. Please provide information about the acceptance and rejection or tolerance generally of Christianity in a Muslim culture. Is Israel a "Muslim culture"? 4. Is there information to suggest that Muslim Bedouin families are any stricter in their observance of Islam, and less tolerant towards Christianity than other Muslim families? 5. What is the consequence, from the perspective of Islam as a religion and Islamic doctrine, of turning away from Islam and becoming a Christian? 6. What is generally required to occur for a person to become a Christian? 7. Please provide information on the consequences of an Arab Muslim man having a de facto relationship with a non-Muslim woman, from the perspective of the religion of Islam? 8. Please provide information on what are considered the essential requirements/practices/rituals for a person to be considered to be a practising Muslim. 9. Please provide information on whether Muslim parents might force their son to marry a Muslim woman against his wishes. 10. Is there information or any relevant Christian doctrine which would either support of rebut the claim that a Christian convert would be treated differently to someone born into Christianity in Israel? 11. Please provide information on whether photos of those who have turned away from Islam or who have denounced the Islamic faith are posted on mosque walls in Israel or published in the local newspaper in Israel and if so what is the purpose and consequence of this action? 12. Please provide information on any generally accepted standards (if they exist) that might be applicable whereby through the compliance thereof a person would be regarded as being a Christian. 13. Please provide information on any reports on incidents in Israel where a Muslim family has harmed a child who converted to Christianity. 14. Please provide information on the effectiveness of the Israeli Police authorities in protecting Israeli citizens and especially Muslim converts to Christianity from religious discrimination and religious based violence. 15. Is there any information to suggest that some places within Israel are more tolerant of people who have converted from Islam to Christianity than other places? 16. Please provide information on whether the Christian community in Israel provides protection for converts to Christianity from Islam. 28 March 2011 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Israel: 1. Please provide background on the demographics of Israel with particular detail on the major religions in Israel and the relative proportions of the population who are considered to be followers of the main religions 28 March 2011 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
China: 1. Is there a Chinese Christian Church in Tel Aviv? 2. If so where is it located? 3. If so, was it there between October 2001? October 2003? 4. If so, is there any information available about the names of the Priests at the Church at the time? 5. Deleted 24 January 2011 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Jordan: 1. Please advise whether there are any impediments in the law of Jordan or Israel to being a dual national of Jordan and Israel. 2. Please confirm that in Jordan if a person's father is a Jordanian national, and the person is born in Jordan, that person would have a right to Jordanian nationality 20 January 2011 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Israel: 1. Are Arab Israeli-born women with prior family connections to the South Lebanon Army at risk of harm in south Lebanon at present? 2. Is Hezbollah known to be pressuring people in the south to co-operate with it in any way? If so, what types of people are being pressured, how does this manifest, and is there any information as to the consequences for those who do not co-operate? 3. Would the Lebanese government provide protection to such individuals? 4. Would relocation be an option to avoid harm (if any is apparent). 5. Is there a UN base or are there UN officials in or near Nakoura? 29 October 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Israel: 1. Are there any reports of Israelis being targeted by Arabs or Palestinians for having been in the military or having worked in security roles? 2. To what extent does the Israeli state provide protection against harm of this type? 3. What are the military service obligations for a person who has previously served in the military? 5 July 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Israel: 1. Please provide information on suicide bombs in 2000 to January 2002 in Netanya. 2. Deleted. 3. Please provide any information on recruitment of individuals to special army units for "chasing terrorists in neighbouring countries", how often they would be called up, and repercussions for wanting to withdraw? 4. What evidence is there of repercussions from Israeli Jewish fanatics and Arabs or the military towards someone showing some pro-Palestinian sentiment (attending rallies, expressing sentiment, and helping Arabs get jobs)? Is there evidence there would be no state protection in the event of being harmed because of political opinions held? 23 October 2009 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Israel: 1. Please provide information as to any current political and/or civil unrest in Israel, including tension with its neighbours. 23 January 2009 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Israel: 1. Are Jews living in Jerusalem subject to violence - assaults, threats, other harm - from Arab residents in Jerusalem? 2. If so, what is the response of the authorities? 25 November 2008 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses

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