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Nepal: 1. Please provide updated information in regards to violence against supporters of the monarchy by Maoists. Please also provide information regarding the ability of the security forces to protect supporters of the monarchy from Maoist attacks. 2. Please provide any information on the involvement of children in politics (from 14 or 15 years old). 3. Please provide any information on violence against supporters of the monarchy in Kathmandu, in respect of possible relocation. 4. Please provide information about recriminations by Maoists against failed asylum seekers returning to Nepal. 5. Please provide information about requirements for able-bodied young men being conscripted to the People's Army

24 January 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Nepal: 1. Please provide information on the Gurung ethnic minority. Is the Gurung an ethnic group and a caste? 2. Please provide information on the Newar caste in Nepal. 3. How prevalent is intercaste marriage? Is there any information suggesting that persons belonging to different castes who marry or have relationships suffer discrimination or more serious mistreatment for reason of their intercaste relationship? 4. Since the establishment of new constitutional arrangements in Nepal has there been a change in social attitudes to the caste based system? Does the state now provide greater protection for persons who fear harm for reasons of caste based discrimination or persecution? 5. Is there any evidence to suggest that there is greater freedom of religion in Nepal since the beginning of 2007? Is there any information on whether converts to Christianity would suffer harm for reasons of their conversion? Would the state authorities provide protection to converts who might be threatened by members of their family or members of the community who oppose their conversion?

21 January 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 071687672

28 December 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Nepal

RRT Case No. 071728809

19 December 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - Nepal

RRT Case No. 071697838

11 December 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Nepal

RRT Case No. 071637020

24 September 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Hindu - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Nepal

Nepal: 1. Where is Beni village in Myagdi district in Nepal? 2. What is the current security situation in that district and Nepal in relation to the Maoists? 3. What is the background to the Maoists recruiting young people to join them (and fight) and what is the current situation, particularly in Myagdi?

13 September 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 071487719

30 August 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Nepal

Nepal: 1. Can you provide an update on the current political set up in Nepal? 2. Any information as to whether Maoists are currently targeting monarchists? 3. Can you locate information about groups and activities of groups in Nepal that were pro-monarchy?

17 July 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 071296105

29 June 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - State protection | Countries: Australia - Nepal

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