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Malaysia: 1. Please provide country information on whether Chinese Malaysians are discriminated in Malaysia in the work place, in mainstream society, in education or in law. 2. Please provide country information on what laws and programmes the government has in place to prevent discrimination of Chinese Malays in Malaysia. 3. Please provide country information on whether the government has shown an ability to enforce discrimination laws and prevent discrimination to ethnic Chinese in Malaysia. 4. Please provide country information about the government's attitude on homosexuality in Malaysia.

7 June 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Ethiopia: 1. What is the situation currently for ELF supporters in Ethiopia? 2. Are Eritreans currently subject to societal or systemic discrimination in Ethiopia? 3. Can you provide any information about Karchele prison?

30 April 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Nepal: 1. Please provide an update of NPL38704 on the treatment of RPP supporters by Maoists, in Kathmandu in particular. 2. Please provide information on the treatment of Hindus by Maoists.

27 April 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

India: 1. Please provide some background information on the Brahmin Arya Samag BAS, e.g. its purpose, where it is based, and the nature of its activities. 2. Please provide information on whether the BAS is in conflict and tension with Sikhs in Ludhiana, Punjab, or vice versa. If they are in conflict, what is the basis of their disagreement? 3. Please provide information on whether there are any reports on whether Sikhs in Ludiahana have targeted or attacked BAS members in recent times.

13 February 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

South Korea: 1. Is an individual able to obtain South Korean citizenship if their mother was not a South Korean citizen or ethnically South Korean? 2. Would a person with a non-South Korean parent be denied any rights in South Korea or be subject to discrimination? 3. Please give a brief summary of any strikes or protests known to have occurred in South Korea in June 2009 (dates, places, numbers involved, issue etc.).

6 February 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Zimbabwe: 1. Deleted. 2. What is the level and type of discrimination directed against Ndebele people in Zimbabwe, if any? Why are Ndebele discriminated against and by whom? Is this concentrated in certain regions?

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

Zimbabwe: 1. Are there any reports of harm or discrimination suffered by persons of African ethnicity in Zimbabwe who are known or perceived to be associated with Caucasians?

25 July 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. What is the status of Han Chinese living in Urumqi? Is there information in relation to whether a Han Chinese family would receive protection from the authorities if harassed by Uighurs? 2. Is it possible for a Han Chinese person with a Hukou registered in XUAR to return there at the present time? 3. Is there information regarding discrimination against Han Chinese from XUAR in other parts of China? 4. If a husband's Hukou is registered in Fujian province, are his Han Chinese wife from XUAR and her baby (born in Australia) entitled to live there? 5. Would a couple now be considered to be legally married in China, if their overseas marriage occurred when they were both 20 (below the marriageable age in China) and their child was born when they were 21? What ramifications might this have on the wife's ability to register a Hukou in the husband's province (Fujian)?

21 April 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Myanmar: 1. Please provide background information on the nature of government and key administrative structures in Myanmar, including the basic history of the current governing regime, and information on the military intelligence in Myanmar. 2. Please provide information on the treatment of Chin Christians in Myanmar, with particular reference to whether they are prohibited from worshipping, whether they are prevented from erecting churches, and whether they are prohibited from celebrating Christian festivals, etc. 3. Please provide information on whether there is state or private discrimination against Christians and ethnic minority groups in Myanmar. 4. Deleted. 5. Deleted. 6. Is there any information to suggest that the military harass or discriminate against Chin Christian Ministers, or that the military authorities would torture, detain, or extract forced confessions from Chin Christian Ministers? 7. Please provide information on whether a Christian Minister who is regarded as being political is likely to be targeted by military authorities in Myanmar. 8. Deleted. 9. Deleted. 10. Deleted. 11. Please provide information on whether there are reports of the desecration of Christian crosses in the hills of Chin land. 12. Please provide information on whether immigration officials are reported as accepting bribes to permit Myanmar citizens to leave Myanmar to travel to the Philippines, or to extend passport validity in the Burmese embassy in the Philippines. 13. Please provide information on the extent to which information on the availability of protection visas in the Philippines is generally available within Manila. Please also provide information on the number of Myanmar refugees accepted by the Philippines from 2007 to 2010. Is there any information on the general level of awareness as to the availability of access to protection visas on the part of Christian pastors in Manila?

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

South Africa: 1. Please provide information on crime by black South Africans which is directed towards white South Africans. 2. Please provide information on relevant crime rates in Pretoria as compared to other major South African cities to assist me to consider the question of relocation. 3. Is state protection available for whites and white women? 4. Do police have the resources and ability to protect citizens? 5. Is there any information in relation to the claim that "there is a racial war (or genocide) going on"?

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

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