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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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Pakistan: The position of the Hazara community regarding the "muttah"

19 November 2007 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Treatment by the extended family of children born of "muttah" from Shia parents

19 November 2007 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Whether a child born of "muttah" outside of Pakistan of Pakistani parents could be adopted in Pakistan by the uncle; if not, options available if the child returned to Pakistan without his or her biological parents; whether orphanages exist in Pakistan

19 November 2007 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Status of a child in Pakistan if the child is born in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of Pakistani parents during a "muttah" marriage

25 October 2007 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Please provide information on Hangu and its religious and other demographics? 2. Please provide information about the Imamia Student organisation (ISO), its aims, purposes and political action? 3. Is there any information on whether the ISO advocates unity between Shia and Sunnis? 4. Is there a Hangu branch of the ISO? 6. Is there any evidence of violence between Sunnis and Shias in Hangu on 21 March 1997 and 1998 and 9 Feb 2006 and what happened? 7. Is there any evidence or documentation that Nisar Ali and other Shia leaders were shot in Hangu in 2001? 8. Are there other places in Pakistan where there is no violence between Shias and Sunni and there is a large population of Shias where either Urdu or English is widely spoken? 9. Is there any information that the police in Hangu have taken action against Sunnis who have committed violence against Shias? 10. Are there any organisations in Hangu that are anti Shias? 11. Please provide any other information that you think is relevant.

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

Afghanistan: 1. In which areas of Afghanistan are the Taliban currently active, in particular in Jaghori or nearby? 2. How far away is Angori from the nearest Pushtun areas? 3. Which political party or group currently controls Jaghori, in particular the Angori region? 4. Please briefly describe the background to the formation and current status of the Wahdat and Harakat parties. If Wahdat is in control, do its members target Harakat members? 5. What is the current situation in the Angori region of Jaghori for people who are members of the Harakat party? 6. What is the latest country information on the treatment of Westernised returnees to Afghanistan? 7. Is there any evidence that a Shia Muslim who no longer believes in religion would face harm in Afghanistan generally, and in the Angori region of Jaghori and in Kabul in particular? 8. Is the Taliban currently active in Kabul? Does the Taliban or any other group currently target adversely Hazaras in Kabul? Please detail. 9. Is there any effective state protection in Afghanistan generally and in Kabul in particular? 10. Is there any information regarding the prospects of an unsuccessful asylum seeker obtaining employment in Kabul?

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

Iraq: 1. Are insurgent/terrorist groups in Iraq targeting anyone who works alongside the pro-coalition forces in the rebuilding of Iraq? 2. Are they targeting Iraqi government workers who perform a co-ordinating role in this regard? 3. Do the insurgents target Shia Iraqis? 4. What is the level of instability within Dora for Kurdish Shiites? 5. Are Kurdish Shiites from Dora being forced to relocate from Dora? 6. Can Kurdish Shiites from Dora safely relocate elsewhere in Baghdad? 7. Can Kurdish Shiites safely relocate to the Kurdish areas of Iraq? 8. Are the local authorities in the Kurdish region imposing regulations to limit the influx of refugees from other parts of Iraq? 9. What has the impact of these internal refugees had on housing and rent in the Kurdish region?

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

Iraq: 1. Previous research indicates that the governorate of Muthanna is stable and quite peaceful. Has there been any change in the general security situation in the governorate and Al Samawah? 2. Is there any information to suggest there are ex-Baathist insurgents, other insurgents, Sunni Islamists, the Mehdi Army or any other "extremist" Shia groups present in Al Samawah or Muthanna? 3. If any of the above are present, is there evidence that they are harming anyone, and if so, whom are they harming? 4. Are there Coalition forces present in Al Samawah or Muthanna and, if so, how have they been received by local Iraqis?

18 October 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Iraq: 1. Have new Iraqi citizenship laws been promulgated? Do they cover Faili Kurds? 2. What is the current status of Faili Kurds in Iraq? 3. Are Shia relatively safe? 4. Are Faili Kurds persecuted by everyone, including other Kurds? 5. How is security in Badra? 6. What is Iran's status vis-à-vis the UN Convention?

18 October 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: 1. On Herat generally, what is the general security situation and control by the government now? Are there independent assessments available to indicate whether the security situation at present is improving, stable or deteriorating? 2. Who is Ismail Khan and what is his current situation? Is there evidence of people being targeted for being involved in the death of Mirvais Sadigh? 3. What is the situation for Tajiks and for Shias in Herat generally? 4. With regard to Nahia-e-doo, Bazaar-e-Khosk, Herat Province, can you provide a map showing its location? 5. What is the ethnic composition in Nahia-e-doo, Bazaar-e-Khosk, Herat Province? 6. What is the security situation in Nahia-e-doo, Bazaar-e-Khosk, Herat Province, particularly for Tajik Shias, and what is the role of Seyad Mohammad Kherka? Is there any evidence that the Taliban, Sunnis or others would target: 7. people, particularly Shia, who had been in Australia and/or had applied for refugee status? 8. children of returnees who speak English, and that such children would have to attend "illegal Shia schools" and that they could not attend Sunni schools? 9. women who leave the house unaccompanied or their daughters? 10. returnees generally and are they considered to be wealthy and thus become targets of extortion

9 September 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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