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Cambodia: 1. How are Buddhists treated in Cambodia? 2. Please provide general details of major demonstrations in Cambodia the last four years. 3. Please provide any information on border control in Cambodia and whether persons of interest to the authorities are able to exit or enter the country.

4 May 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Indonesia: 1. What is the position of Chinese Buddhists in Denpasar? Have there been any recent reports of Chinese women being raped or burning and looting of Chinese homes? If so, when? 2. Is there any indication that the 1998 riots could re-occur? 3. Would a Chinese person who was being harassed or badly treated by local Indonesians be able to get assistance from local authorities?

20 May 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Bangladesh: 1. Chandanaish/Chittagong District - please obtain a demographic/religious profile for this area. 2. Do reports verify the targeting of Buddhist women and families for kidnapping, conversion and forcible marriage?

25 March 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Vietnam: 1. Please provide background information on the Hoa Hao branch of Buddhism, including its history, establishment, core tenets, and philosophy. 2. How does Hoa Hao Buddhism differ from other branches of Buddhism? 3. Please provide information on the demographics of Hoa Hao Buddhism in Vietnam, including total numbers, percentages, location, and predominance. 4. Please provide information on the Ancestral Temple. 5. In what sense are there official as compared to unofficial religious groups in Vietnam? Was Hoa Hao Buddhism officially recognised in Vietnam in 1999? 6. Please provide information on the Hoa Hao Central Buddhist Church (HHCBC). 7. Please provide information on the Hoa Hao Administrative Council, including when and why it was formed, its purpose, and its major achievements. 8. Is there any information about the Hoa Hao Buddhists splitting into 2 groups following suppression of the religion, and were leaders detained? 9. Is the Hoa Hao Buddhist branch seen as a political opposition force to the ruling regime in Vietnam? 10. Do Hoa Hao Buddhists experience any societal discrimination as a result of their religion? 11. Please provide current information on whether Hoa Hao Buddhists have been arrested, detained, or otherwise mistreated by the ruling regime in Vietnam. 12. Is there information on what the local police attitude is towards followers of Hoa Hao? Is there information that government authorities from Ho Chi Minh City will harm/mistreat followers, please provide information on the distinction between the local and the national authorities which might take an interest in the religion. 13. Is there information on authorities seizing or confiscating Hoa Hao properties since the end of the Vietnam War? 14. Is there information to confirm or deny that a government document dated 18 February 1979 laid out a 15-year campaign to exterminate the Hoa Hao Buddhist religion? 15. Is there information to show that the Vietnamese authorities banned the celebration of the Founder's Day Festival (the founder being Huynh Phu So) in 1999 or so? 16. Please provide information on the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Hoa Hao at the Ancestral Temple in 1999, whether it was sought to be banned but attracted 1 million attendees. 17. Is there information on two Hoa Hao Buddhists self-immolating in 2005? 18. Is there any information of a court in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap sentencing four Hoa Hao followers to between 4 and 6 years imprisonment for creating public disorder? Is so, please provide information on this. 19. Is there information of a hunger strike in 2006 which relates to the Hoa Hao religion?

3 February 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Thailand: 1. How are Muslims treated in Thailand? 2. How are Buddhist converts to Islam treated in Thailand? How are Buddhist women who marry Muslims and convert to Islam treated? 3. How are Thai women who marry foreigners treated in Thailand? 4. Would such persons face persecution or be denied State protection as a result of these characteristics?

21 April 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Myanmar: 1. What is the status of the Shan and Bamar ethnic groups? 2. Is being a Buddhist consistent with being a military officer in the late 80s/early 90s? 3. Did the uprising in 1988 involve the town of May Myo and did it involve families of the military? 4. What is the SLORC? 5. Do courts, both civil and military issue written notices of charges issued to accused people and are written notices issued in respect of sentences handed down? 6. Do the military release people sentenced for long terms on the basis of being paid bribes?

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

China: 1. Please provide information on Chengdu and Gan zi county, Sichuan province. 2. Please provide information on detention centres in Chengdu. 3. Please provide information on the beliefs of Tibetan Buddhists. 4. Are there many Han Chinese Tibetan Buddhists in China? 5. Please provide information on the treatment of Han Chinese Tibetan Buddhists by Chinese authorities in Sichuan and China in 2008. 6. Are there any reports on the arrests at a monastery called Ta Gong on 25 March 2008?

19 February 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Malaysia: 1. Please provide information on the treatment of Buddhists and ethnic Chinese in Malaysia

17 October 2008 | 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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