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Egypt: Any information on: The current treatment of pro-Mubarak supporters Arrests / mistreatment / prosecution of pro-Mubarak supporters

16 June 2011 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Egypt: 1. What is the history and current status of 6 April Youth Movement? What are its aims? Is there any information about arrests, detention or other harm done to members of the 6 April Youth Movement? 2. Who started the 6 April Youth Movement? 3. Does it have a Facebook page? Is it possible to verify whether a person has posted comments on the Movement Facebook page? 4. Is there any information about the Movement in Sydney?

1 March 2011 | 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. 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

Dominican Republic: Domestic violence, including legislation, protection, services and recourse available to victims (2007 - September 2010)

19 February 2010 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Egypt: Family Political connections: 1. Please advise who is the President of the Law Society in Alexandria, Egypt? 2. Please advise who is the Egyptian Minister of Interior? 3. Please advise who is the Commander of Intelligence in Ismaliyia province? Arrest in 1981: 4. Please advise whether President Sadat had university students arrested in 1981 who were against his policies, in particular his visit to Israel in 1981? Please provide some background material about the arrests in 1981 by Sadat. National Party: 5. Does the National Party pressure people to join their party? 6. Is there any information to support claims that people would be sacked from their jobs if they didn't join the National Party? 7. Is there any information to support claims that a champion sportsman would be prevented from competing because he didn't join the National Party? 2000 elections: 8. Is it possible to obtain a list of people who registered their names for the general election in 2000? 9. Is there a list of candidates who stood as independents in the 2000 elections? 10. Can you provide information about Kamal El Shazli? 11. Please advise which seat Mohamad Saad Hamed, the Minister of Finance stood for in the 2000 elections? 12. Please advise whether any other candidate stood against Mohamad Saad Hamed in the 2000 elections?

19 March 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Egypt: 1. An article from a website of "International Christian Concern" (persecution.org) entitled "Christian Captured and Threatened with Death after Trying to Leave Country" from "Barnabas Fund" Egypt, dated 2 December 2003 reported that the Christian husband of a Muslim convert to Christianity has been apprehended trying to leave Egypt. He was then held in the custody of a "notoriously cruel and vindictive security official". Is there any independent verification of this event? 2. Have similar events been verified as having occurred? 3. What are the difficulties faced by a couple in Egypt where the husband is Christian and the wife is a Christian convert from Islam? 4. Anything else of relevance

21 December 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Egypt: Copy of two Amnesty International documents: a) MDE 12/01/89 Arbitrary Detention and Torture under Emergency Powers, and b) MDE 12/13/89 Torture of prisoners of conscience

1 June 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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