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China: 1. What was the "general" workers compensation attitude in the mid 1990s to death from work place accidents in Fuqing? 2. Is there any compensation for death following a criminal attack? If so, would it be payable to a fiancé?

1 May 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. Is there a type of punishment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) called 'rigorous restraint' and if so, what is it? 2. Please provide details of the First Brigade of Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City as at 30 April 2006 or thereabouts. 3. Are family members denied visiting rights if a detainee breaches the regulations and the discipline of the labour camp, in particular, if the breach was practising Falun Gong? 4. How many Falun Gong members have been detained / sentenced / killed in the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1999?

22 February 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 071660799

14 December 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Buddhist - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe country of origin - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - China

China: 1. Is there any evidence that overseas calls to China are recorded? If so, what is the "trigger" for interest, given there must be millions of telephone calls each hour back to China? Are there any known examples of nationals returning and being questioned about private calls made back to China? 2. After a Chinese citizen has been convicted of an offence in Australia, is the Chinese government notified as a matter of course? What is the usual procedure followed by the Consulate here in Sydney? 3. What is the Chinese attitude to convicted felons (conspire to kidnap in this case) being returned to China? 4. Is there an "autrefois convict" rule or "double jeopardy" rule so that applicant cannot be punished again for same crime in China? is it likely that he would be interrogated about his criminal record on his return?

5 April 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. An update on the current treatment of followers of "The Shouters" in the Fujian province in China. 2. What are some of the key beliefs that a committed follower should/would be aware of? 3. What are the procedures for the issue of arrest warrants in China? 4. Are arrest warrants either posted in a public place or otherwise available to members of the public? 5. Would someone who was the subject of an arrest warrant and who was detained for periods of 15 days (1997) and a month (2005) be given, or otherwise be able to obtain, both their arrest warrant and release papers? 6. Is it true that the Chinese authorities only consider those who have been imprisoned for more than a year, or those who have committed serious criminal offences, as persons who have committed a criminal offence? 7. In other words, could a person who was arrested and detained by the Chinese authorities for 15 days in 1997 and a month in 2005 obtain a notarised non-criminal record certificate from the Chinese authorities in April 2006 verifying that he/she had not committed any criminal offences in China?

16 March 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. Please provide information on the treatment of ordinary member of the underground Catholic churches in Henan Province. 2. Is it customary for the authorities to issue a Certificate of Release or a Notice of Prisoner's Release upon Completion of His Sentence once a prisoner has been released? 3. Is there a prison called Xin Yang in the outskirts of Luo He City?

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

China: 1. What date is the Spring festival in China - does it take place after March? 2. Is there a rural detention centre near Nanchang Town, as well as one in the town itself? 3. Does the detention centre supply labour for the Nanchang No.1 Construction Company? 4. Is the Nanchang No.1 Construction Company a State Owned Enterprise? 5. What is the relationship between the Nanchang No.1 Construction Company and the Nanchang Government? Would the Company have to go through a tender process when taking government work, or would the government simply order them to do the work? 6. Is it unusual to be put into administrative detention for 10 months without a trial? Would people in administrative detention be sent off to do labouring work on a construction site every day? 7. Is it likely that the authorities would detain a person who had just been released in a different area? 8. Is anything known of the Longtian Municipal Council Building? Is there an administrative detention centre at the back of the building? Are there any reports of a breakout in March 2006?

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

China: 1. Is it conceivable that a letter such as that said to have been sent by the applicant's brother could have been sent from a detention/re-education facility? 2. Is the place mentioned in the receipt and in the letter as the location/address of the applicant's brother a detention/re-education facility?

31 August 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. What information do we have of people being released from police cells by the intervention of family? 2. What information do we have of people escaping from jail with the assistance of family? 3. Could you also try and find out the name of the prison in Dalian city and its proximity to main landmarks in the city? Any information you are able to obtain about the prison would be helpful

29 August 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. Is there any verification of the existence of these detention centres: Army Camp in Da Xing County, Zhi De Hotel in Dong Cheng District, Fong Tai Detention and Dong Cheng District Detention? 2. Are Falun Gong practitioners known to be sent to these centres?

28 August 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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