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Ethiopia: 1. Please provide a briefing about Pentecostal Christians in Ethiopia: i.e. what does it mean to be a 'Pentecostal Christian' in Ethiopia? 2.What percentage of the population do ‘Pentecostal Christians' in Ethiopia constitute? 3. Is there any evidence that ‘Pentecostal Christians' are discriminated against? 4. Does inter-religious marriage (ie between Muslims and Pentecostal Christians) occur? 5. If it occurs, is the female (Christian) expected to convert to Islam? 6. Please provide any information about Christian women married to Muslim men facing discrimination or denial of rights (eg to education, or to work)? 7. Is the 'Ethiopian Tsewan (Zion) Church in Australia' affiliated with Pentecostal Christians from Ethiopia? How (religiously) strict are they? 8. How are non-Muslims treated in Ethiopia? Are they discriminated against? If so, in what ways and to what extent? 9. [Information deleted] 10. [Information deleted] 11. Please provide an update on the status of police corruption in Ethiopia. 12. Please provide a (brief) update on the status of women in Ethiopia.

30 September 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Ethiopia: 1. Please provide information concerning the treatment of Kinijit Party members and activists. Are supporters in general (rather than members) of interest to the government? 2. What is the general position of Amara people in Ethiopia currently? 3. Are single women able to live independently or without family support and obtain employment in Ethiopia? 4. What information is available concerning the trafficking of women in Ethiopia? 5. Do women who have previously been trafficked face an increased risk of being found and re-trafficked?

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

China: After sterilisation, are women considered to have had too many children forced into an annual fertility checkup procedure involving the injection of water to test, does it pass through the fallopian tubes, and would officials seek out women who had avoided this procedure?

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

South Africa: 1. What is the situation in South Africa where a Zulu woman or tribal woman marries outside her tribe and without her family's permission? 2. Is there any history of "honour" crimes against the woman? 3. Does South Africa have an effective police force? 4. Will they act in cases that may be seen as tribal and family related? 5. Does the state prosecute crimes which can be seen as private (family) disputes? 6. Does Pakistan allow dual citizenship? If so, could a wife go to Pakistan?

28 June 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Bangladesh: 1. Can you provide information on women's rights groups in Bangladesh, such as the issues, types of groups and organisations of these groups?

21 May 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Please provide information on the district of Dir in regard to militant Islamist groups such as the Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and the Jaish-e-Mohammad. Have these groups been known to target advocates of women's rights or other liberal activists? 2. Please provide further information on the situation for advocates of women's rights, and other liberal activists, in Dir and the NWFP at large. 3. Please provide information on the situation for advocates of women's rights in more liberal locales of Pakistan, such as in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. Have any such activists in these cities been harmed by militant Islamists from the NWFP, or for activities conducted in the NWFP? 4. Please provide information on any restrictions that might prevent relocating to a major city such as Islamabad, Lahore or Karachi. 5. Is there any evidence to suggest that ethnic Pushtuns experience mistreatment in Pakistan as suspected supporters of Al Qaeda? What is the situation for Pashtuns in this regard in Karachi?

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

Syria: 1. Please provide information about Mr Radwan Tahlawi, Deputy Dean at the University of Damascas in the 1990s. 2. If possible, could you also tell me approximately what proportion of university students in Syria is female? 3. Do Sunnis form the majority of the university student population?

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

Syria: 1. Basic beliefs of Sunni Moslems (in Syria, if they differ in some basic way from beliefs of other Sunnis) - a brief summary. 2. Are converts to Christianity able to go to church freely in Syria? Are they subjected to any serious discrimination or harm? 3. Is sexual harassment of women a widespread problem in Syria, and do the police generally provide protection to women who report incidents of sexual harassment or assault? 4. Do "Westernised" women in Syria face any serious discrimination?

11 January 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Thailand: 1. What is the position regarding tension between Muslims and Buddhists in Thailand? 2. What is the position regarding persons who convert from Islam to Buddhism - are they targeted by Muslims? 3. Are the police able and willing to offer protection to women in these situations? 4. Are the police able and willing to offer protection to converts in these situations? 5. Please provide information regarding the legal/police system in Thailand and whether the country has a fully functioning legal system

22 December 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Thailand: 1. Where is Khon Kaen? 2. What is required to convert from Buddhism to Islam and vice versa? 3. What level of police protection is available to women in Thailand? 4. Please provide information regarding relocation for women who are facing violence from their husband/family?

22 November 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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