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Solomon Islands: 1. Do people of Micronesian ethnicity suffer discrimination in areas such as employment? 2. To what extent do the laws and state authorities provide protection against such discrimination? 3. Deleted.

13 October 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sierra Leone: 1. What is the situation for Fulas in Sierra Leone? Are they discriminated against and/or treated as foreigners because they are regarded as Guineans rather than as Sierra Leonese? Do they face discrimination in employment, education etc and/or possible persecution from the APC government because they are not traditional supporters of the APC? Are Fulas likely to be regarded as anti-government on account of their ethnicity? 2. What is the situation for high profile human rights activists? Is it common for high profile activists to be interviewed, assaulted and or detained by the authorities? Is such a person likely to be targeted and/or harmed by APC supporters for speaking out about government policies? 3. What is the relationship between the AFRC and the APC? Following the 1997 elections, were people who opposed the AFRC arrested and detained? Do opponents of the AFRC continue to face possible harm? 4. Were there outbreaks of violence between members of political parties (SLPP and APC) during the 2007 elections? Were some people prevented from voting? 5. Would a person who is an advocate against drugs, face possible harm from drug dealers (non-State actors)? 6. What is the level of state protection provided? Does the possibility of being regarded as anti-government affect the level of protection a person may receive? 7. What are the possibilities for relocation for a person who is a Fula and/or has established a high profile in Freetown as a human rights or youth advocate?

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

RRT Case No. 1002472

12 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Uighur | Countries: Australia - China

Fiji: 1. Please give general background on Solomon Islander descendants in Fiji. 2. Do reports indicate that Solomon Islander descendants face discrimination? If so, what forms does this take, and how serious is it? 3. Please provide background information on Newtown, and if there are identifiable ‘SI' settlements in this part of Nasinu or in other localities.

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

China: 1. Although circumstances are not good for Uighurs in PRC generally, are there places where the situation is less oppressive for them or where they are more likely to be left alone by the authorities? 2. Have there been any significant changes/events relating to the PRC authorities and Uighurs in East Turkistan in recent months?

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

Indonesia: 1. Does the 2006 reform to Indonesia's citizenship law allowing all persons born in Indonesia citizenship also allow ethnic Chinese people born in Indonesian who have left the country, and who have not taken out citizenship of another country, the right to Indonesian citizenship? 2. If the applicant has the right to Indonesian citizenship, what is the procedure for regaining citizenship? What documents would he need to demonstrate that he was born in Indonesia? 3. What travel documents would the applicant require in order to return to Indonesia in lieu of a passport?

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

Afghanistan: 1. Please provide information about whether in 1989 or 1990 there was trouble in Afghanistan whereby Hazaras were being killed by the Pushtuns, Tajiks and Uzbeks? 2. Is there evidence to confirm Afghan Hazaras escaped to Pakistan around this time? 3. Please provide further information about property disputes in Afghanistan back to the 1980's. 4. Please provide information on the treatment or protection of illegal Afghan Hazara Shia Muslim refugees, especially those who moved into Pakistan around 1989 or 1990, by the Pakistani authorities. Is the treatment of those who moved then any different to the treatment of those who moved more recently? 5. Please provide information about the Wahabis and Sunni Muslims and the Baloch targeting the Hazaras in Pakistan. 6. Is there information indicating that Hazara people in Quetta are unable to go out freely at night or that they are found dead in the streets? 7. Please provide information on the treatment of the Hazaras of the Shia Muslim religion in Afghanistan and whether they face serious harm in Afghanistan. 8. Please provide information on whether the authorities in Afghanistan, most of whom are not Hazara, can actually protect Hazaras.

15 April 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 1000089

12 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Banyamulenge - Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Safe third country | Countries: Australia - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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

Ethiopia: 1. Please provide information on any oppression by the Ethiopian Government of Oromo people including discrimination in education and employment.

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

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