Egypt

Country Information 274

Abduction 1
Acts of persecution 1
Airports 4
Anglican 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 9
Armed forces / Military 3
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 9
Asylum-seekers 2
Baha'i 2
Blood feuds 2
Catholic 2
Children's rights 1
Children-at-risk 2
Christian 38
Civil and political rights 1
Communal conflict / Social conflict 4
Copts 35
Corruption 5
Criminal justice 4
Deportation / Forcible return 1
Domestic violence 5
Drug trafficking 1
Elections 4
Entry / Exit 5
Evangelical 6
Expulsion 1
False documents 3
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
Forced marriage 1
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 1
Freedom of assembly and association 1
Freedom of expression 6
Freedom of information 4
Freedom of movement 5
Freedom of religion 34
Freedom of speech 3
Good governance 1
HIV and AIDS 2
Honour killings 1
Human rights activists 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 3
Immigration Detention 2
Impunity 1
Jehovah's Witness 4
Jew 1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 8
Mental health 1
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 15
Minorities 10
Muslim 42
Naturalization 1
Non-state agents of persecution 1
Opposition 2
Orthodox Christian 4
Palestinian 13
Passports 11
Pentecostal 1
Persecution based on political opinion 11
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1
Police 8
Political groups 10
Political parties 19
Political situation 15
Prosecution vs persecution 3
Public health 1
Referendum 1
Refugee identity documents 2
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 4
Refugees 2
Rejected asylum-seekers 4
Religious discrimination 18
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 15
Residence permits / Residency 8
Return conditions 2
Returnees 2
Right to a nationality 5
Right to employment 1
Right to leave 1
Right to registration at birth 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1
Salafi 1
Security forces 4
Security situation 3
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 5
Sexual and reproductive rights 3
Sharia law 2
Social group discrimination 1
State protection 24
Statelessness 2
Sunni 1
Terrorism 5
Travel documents 4
Visas 12
Widowed persons 1
Witnesses 1
Women's rights 7
Women-at-risk 4
Work permits 1

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Egypt: 1. Please give an outline of how the Baha'i community in Sydney is organised. 2. Deleted. 3. Does the Baha'i community provide information on whether a person is a Baha'i and, if so, how the organisation comes to that conclusion? 4. The International Religious Freedom Report on Egypt states that Baha'is in Egypt have had difficulties in obtaining identity documents and that Baha'is have experienced incidents of sectarian violence from time to time. Please provide information on other areas of life in which they do, and also do not, experience discrimination. 18 November 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Are converts to Christianity discriminated against? 2. Would the Egyptian Government protect Sunni Muslim converts to Christianity? 3. Would they be able to openly practise their new faith in Egypt? 10 September 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Are there any reports of the arrest of 10 men, either a human rights or gay rights group, in February 2006 in Cairo or El Arish? 2. Does the Coptic Christian church deny gay men the right to worship? 27 August 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Please provide information on the Kifaya Movement and the treatment of known supporters of this movement in Egypt. 24 August 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Please provide detailed information on Al Minya, including its location, its history and its religious background. Please focus on the Christian population of Al Minya and provide information on what Christian denominations are in Al Minya, including the Anglican Church and the United Coptic Church; the main places of Christian worship in Al Minya; and any conflict in Al Minya between Christians and the authorities. 2. Please provide information on whether the Muslim Brotherhood has a stronghold in Al Minya. 3. Please provide general information on the types of Christian denominations in Egypt, including the Anglican Church and the Coptic United Church, and some details as to the doctrine and practices of these denominations. 4. Please provide information on any Coptic churches or monasteries or retreats in El Tahreer (about 250 km from North Cairo). 5. Please provide information on demonstrations held in Sydney between 2008 and 2010 in support of Egyptian Coptic Christians. 6. Please provide a background and update on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. 7. Deleted. 2 August 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Are minors dealt with differently in Egyptian courts to adults? If so, how is a minor described? 25 June 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Please provide information on lesbian clubs/venues in Alexandria, and any information on resources/facilities for lesbians including websites in Alexandria and Egypt. 2. Is lesbian activity illegal? 3. Are lesbians mistreated by police and other authorities? 4. Are lesbians subjected to serious social/family discrimination/harassment? 7 May 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: What constitutes a valid marriage in Egypt? In order for a marriage in Egypt to be considered valid, must the couple live together and have consummated the marriage? 22 March 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. Please provide information on what sort of documentation/certificate a male student should possess if they have deferred their military service. 2. Would they be able to leave the country without such a document? 12 March 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Egypt: 1. What knowledge would a deacon and Sunday school teacher have of (i) the Coptic Orthodox Church organisation in Egypt, and (ii) Coptic Christian beliefs and liturgy? As to the latter, would a deacon and Sunday school teacher be expected to know all or some of the matters mentioned in the overview entitled "The Coptic Orthodox Church" posted on the USA Coptic Church website? If not all, what matters could the person be expected to know? 2. Please provide any information on the Virgin Mary and St Gabriel Church in Alexandria. 3. Are there any news reports or other information about forced conversations of Muslims to Christianity? 4. Would the Egyptian media publish a report of such an incident? In all cases, or only in certain circumstances? 5. Where the Egyptian police had detained and questioned a Coptic Christian suspected of involvement in the kidnapping and conversion, would the police always proceed to charge the person with an offence (such as the offence of sectarian violence‟) or might the police release the person without charge due to lack of evidence? 6. Please provide any further information on the attitude of Egyptian police, security forces, government informants and members of the Islamic brotherhoods towards Coptic Christians who are suspected of (i) assisting Christian converts and (ii) encouraging Muslims to convert. 9 March 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses

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