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Query responses are replies to focused queries or requests for Information that are submitted in the course of the refugee status determination process.
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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

Iraq: 1) Information on the activities of the Iraqi Awakening Councils between 2007 and 2009; 2) Information on crimes committed by members of the Awakening Councils in the same period

6 September 2010 | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: Police protection in general in Iraq - is it effective/ not effective? Any evidence of informers amongst police who give terrorist groups information?

12 August 2010 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Zimbabwe: 1. Please provide information on the risk of harm to active pro-MDC supporters and activists in Zimbabwe. Please also comment on the situation for people who sympathise with or secretly support the MDC but do not openly express those views. 2. Please provide information on the history of the NYSTP (or National Youth Service), including when it was formed, its recruitment practices and its target group for recruitment (such as age range). Please also comment on the relative proportions of people who actually undergo service with the NYSTP, compared with people of the same age who do not. Please also comment on the extent to which young people who do not undergo service with the NYSTP face reprisals or limited work/education opportunities. 3. Please comment on the reasonableness of relocation within Zimbabwe as a means of avoiding persecution for known or suspected pro-MDC views. Are there any parts of Zimbabwe safe for such a person? Please also provide information on whether relocation to another part of Zimbabwe, such as Bulawayo, might reduce the risk of forced recruitment with the NYSTP. Please also comment on any tribal factors that might make relocation to Bulawayo non-viable for a Shona. 4. Please provide information about the MDC party, including its founding, key milestones, key leaders, party structure and details of the main MDC candidates/figures in the Harare district since 2000.

12 August 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Nepal: Information on rebel group Madhesi Tigers said to be based in Terai region of Nepal

21 July 2010 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Was an ELN guerrilla group ‘Frente Efrain Pabon Pabon' active in Santander in 2007/8? Is it active now? If so, in what parts of Colombia and who does it generally target? 2. What protection is likely to be available by the authorities from threats or attacks by this group (or, if information on the group can't be located, by the ELN generally)? 3. Are there any practical barriers to relocating within the country (to, for example, Bogota)?

19 July 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Information regarding the dangers for failed asylum seekers returning to the DRC

15 July 2010 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Israel: 1. Are there any reports of Israelis being targeted by Arabs or Palestinians for having been in the military or having worked in security roles? 2. To what extent does the Israeli state provide protection against harm of this type? 3. What are the military service obligations for a person who has previously served in the military?

5 July 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Lebanon: 1. Please provide brief information about Fatah. 2. Please provide updated information about the activities of Fatah-al-Islam in the Nahr El Bared area and over Lebanon in general. 3. Is there any area in Lebanon where Fatah-al-Islam does not operate? 4. How effective are the authorities in dealing with Fatah-al-Islam?

16 June 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Cuba: Revolution Defence Committees (Comités de Defensa de la Revolución, CDR); whether informants with the CDRs report the population's activities to the police, government or security agencies; the consequences of refusing to join a CDR (2008-April 2010)

26 April 2010 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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