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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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Kenya: 1. Is there information suggesting that police and/or Mungiki extort money from Matatu (minibus) drivers in Kenya? 2. Is there any information to indicate that there is a ‘Thai' religion in Kenya that is distinct from Mungiki? If so, do followers attract adverse attention from authorities? 3. Deleted. 4. Deleted. 5. Is there any general information on the question of a land price boom, and is there information about people muscling in on land owners and harassing them to part with or sell their land?

23 March 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Vietnam: 1. Please advise if there were any peaceful protests about farmers' land use two years ago (2009-2010) in the Binh Minh district or Vinh Long Province or if there are any well-known groups or affiliations which might fight for farmers' land use. 2. Please provide a map of the Huyen Binh Minh area in Vinh Long Province and key towns/cities nearby

30 January 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 3. What is known of the rules for compensation for confiscation of land in Jurong City or Jiangsu Province? 4. Can you find any reference to the existence of the Jurong City Demolition Management Office?

13 January 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Vietnam: 1. Please provide information regarding the likelihood that a person's death need not be registered in rural Vietnam. 2. Please provide information on the identification/household registration documents that citizens of Vietnam are required to possess; and the likelihood that a released prisoner would not need to obtain new documents.3. Deleted. 4. Please provide information about the confiscation or expropriation of land in Vietnam. Please include any information relating to the resistance of such activities and whether it is common for people to be arrested and charged with resisting or opposing the confiscation of land. Please also include any information that indicates that land is being confiscated by corrupt officials for their own personal gain.

11 January 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. Deleted. 2. Please provide information relating to relevant laws and procedures for the demolition of buildings in Tianjin, including relocation and compensation issues. Please also comment on the relevant avenues of appeal available to disgruntled residents affected by demolitions and any mistreatment of persons pursuing such appeals. 3. Please provide information relating the petition system generally in China, particularly in Tianjin, as well as information relating to mistreatment of petitioners. 4. Please provide information about the age that children in Tianjin normally complete secondary school. 5. Please provide information relating to the 'China Disabled People Union', including its locations and functions. 6. Please provide information relating to detention procedures in Tianjin. 7. Please provide information relating to exit and re-entry procedures in China, including the treatment of persons with an adverse political profile, such as someone actively petitioning against a property re-development. 8. Please provide information relating to the availability of false documents in China, particularly in Tianjin and in relation to property dispute documents

5 August 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. Are there reports of farmers' protests or deputations in Fujian between September 2009 and June 2010; or of a farmers' demonstration on 30 June 2010 in Fuzhou? 2. If no to Q1, is this strong evidence that no demonstration occurred, or is it possibly consistent with government censorship and the claim being true? 3. Which laws now govern compensation for confiscation of farm land in Fujian province, and what should be the calculation for compensation of farmland in Fujian province -is it under the 2007 Property Law of the PRC, or the 1999 or 2007 laws mentioned in Tribunal country advice CHN37490? 4. Are there reports of the government's response to demonstrations against confiscation of land; or to demonstrations outside offices equivalent to the People's Congress?

24 June 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

India: 1. Is the BJP in power in Punjab? 2. Do authorities in Punjab protect those facing harassment from the BJP? 4. Are those in Punjab who face pressure to give up their land able to obtain state protection?

12 April 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

India: 1. Please provide information on the process of lodging police reports. What documents would be involved? 2. What information is there on the mafia in Punjab? Do they engage in land grabs? 3. Does the mafia in Punjab target Sikhs? 4. Please provide an update as to whether the Akali Dal are still the governing party in Punjab and whether the Prime Minister is still a Sikh.

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

Zambia: 1. Please provide background and demographic information on the ethnic composition of Zambia and in particular the Tonga speaking people. Please include where they come from, what is their level of adherence to their traditional beliefs, and what is their relationship and standing within the modern Zambian community. 2. Please provide information on the customs and traditions associated with the death customs of the Tonga speaking people of Zambia. 3. Please advise the status of, the extent of and the legality of polygamy in Zambia. 4. Please provide some background information on Chief Hamusonde's chiefdom in the Monze District of southern Zambia. For example, what is it and how does it relate to other chiefdoms and Zambia generally? 5. Deleted. 6. Deleted. 7. Please provide information on the "cleansing ritual", the "naming ritual" and the "property grabbing" (presumably distribution of deceased estates) in Zambia. 8. Please provide information on local laws regarding "cleansing rituals", including whether the law permits it and whether the law requires condoms be used during such rituals. 9. Please discuss whether there are songs played on radio and television in Zambia regarding "unclean widows" called "Muka-mfwilwa", and how they warn men to stay away from them and how it encourages women to go back to their in-laws and be cleansed. 10. Please provide information on "widowed women in Zambia" as a possible particular social group. 11. Please provide information on the treatment of women and especially widows in the Tonga speaking ethnic group in Zambia. 12. Please provide information on the existence and activities of the women's lobby group in Lusaka. 13. Please provide general information on the effectiveness of police and state protection, and the extent of corruption in Zambia, particularly in respect to the protection of widowed or single women

24 November 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Zimbabwe: 1. Please provide any information about the location of the township of Macheke, and its distance to Harare, and whether there is any profile of political allegiances in that area which would suggest the area was a ZANU-PF stronghold or an area where there was a history of persecution of MDC supporters in the period 2000-2006.

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

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