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Indonesia: 1. Please provide an update to 2004 advice on treatment of people with HIV/AIDS in Indonesia by Indonesian authorities, including health authorities, and the community. 2. Is treatment more accessible for residents of Jakarta? 3. Is stigma likely to be less for people living with HIV/AIDS in Jakarta?

13 January 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

South Africa: 1. Please provide detailed information on the structure, organisation and effectiveness of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and other law enforcement bodies. Please include information on bodies or organisations with responsibility to oversee or hold the police accountable, as well as South Africa's judicial system. 2. Please provide detailed information on measures adopted by the South African authorities to combat family violence and protect victims. 3. Please provide detailed information on whether protection is available to all South Africans, regardless of their race, gender or HIV status. 4. Please provide detailed information on the level of public and private care and on-going treatment available to people with positive HIV status both in rural and urban centres, particularly in Cape Town. Please include information on recent changes in the attitude of the South African government towards HIV sufferers. 5. Please provide detailed information on the attitude of South Africans towards those with positive HIV status. Is there any evidence to suggest those sufferers are subjected to serious harm? 6. Please provide detailed information on xenophobic attacks on South Asians, particularly Indians, and Pakistanis, in South Africa. Please include information on the government's response and whether attacks, if any, have been geographically confined

25 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

South Africa: 1. Please provide information on the current availability of treatments for HIV positive persons in South Africa. Please comment on the availability of monitoring/blood tests as well as treatments. 2. Please provide information on discrimination against rural black women in access to medical treatment. 3. Please provide information on societal discrimination of HIV positive persons in South Africa. 4. Please also comment on the availability of screening programs for cervical cancer in South Africa

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

Egypt: 1. Please advise whether there have been any significant legal or societal developments in Egypt relating to male homosexuals since mid-2007? If so, please provide a brief overview.

22 January 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Zimbabwe: 1. Can a woman be forced into marriage with her brother-in-law when her sister has died? 2. Are the following factors likely to make a difference: if the brother-in-law has AIDS; if the brother-in-law is known to be abusive; if the woman is educated and/or independently wealthy; if the woman has been living overseas? 3. Could a woman receive assistance from the authorities if she does not wish to remarry in these circumstances? 4. What is ZANU-PF?

14 January 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 0903707

18 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - HIV and AIDS - Non-state agents of persecution - Public health - Right to employment - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Viet Nam

Cambodia: 1. Does the State discriminate against persons with HIV in Cambodia? 2. Is the State providing assistance to HIV positive persons in Cambodia? 3. Is there societal discrimination against persons with HIV in Cambodia? 4. If so, what form does it take? 5. If there is societal discrimination in Cambodia against those who are HIV positive, does the State act to protect persons with HIV? 6. Please provide information on the availability of medical and support services in Cambodia to persons who are HIV positive. 7. What is the quality of life for persons with HIV in Cambodia at present? 8. Would persons with HIV in Cambodia face difficulties in gaining employment?

9 February 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. Is there a significant problem with AIDS in Henan? 2. Are there many children affected? Are they not allowed into the school system? 3. I thought that there was an anti-corruption push by the Chinese Govt. Is this the case? 4. Are "whistleblowers" ever treated as political dissidents, such as in circumstances similar to these described by the Applicant? 5. Is it possible that someone can be detained, pay a penalty and have no criminal conviction recorded? If so is this common? 6. If there is not a conviction and a person is just detained and pays a penalty - do these people routinely come to the attention of the authorities if they try to leave the country? Are there instances where they have been able to leave the country easily?

1 December 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. Please provide an update (since CHN16560) on the situation of homosexuals in China, with particular emphasis on Shanghai. 2. What is the incidence of HIV and Hepatitis C in the Chinese population as a whole, and among male homosexuals? 3. Are homosexuals with HIV and/or Hepatitis C more likely to face official harassment than other homosexuals?

27 May 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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