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Lebanon: 1. Please provide an update on the treatment of Palestinians by both Lebanese and Palestinian forces in the Lebanese camps, in particular El Beddawi. 2. Please provide any information specifically dealing with the current interest of Lebanese security forces or Palestinian factions in Palestinian men in their 20s and 30s. 3. Please provide information about the current living conditions, social problems and difficulties in El Beddawi camp. 4. Please provide any information on the numbers of persons displaced from Nahr El Bared in 2007 and how many remain in other camps such as El Beddawi.

18 January 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | 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

China: 1. Are those who practice Falun Gong in their home likely to be detained by the police? 2. Please describe authorities' treatment of Falun Gong practitioners. 3. Please provide any information available on whether this treatment is different in Jiangsu Province

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

Bahrain: 1. When was the Bahrain Human Rights Centre established? 2. What are its most recent publications? 3. Does it organise demonstrations? If so, what are the details of recent demonstrations? 4. How does a person become a member of the Centre? 5. Is there a record of members? 6. What are the names of the senior committee members and staff of this organisation? 7. Have any of its members or supporters been arrested or detained in recent years?

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

Syria: Please provide information on Taher Ahmed el-Asaad, the party or group he represents, and the government's attitude to his associates

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

China: 1. How do the authorities in Shenyang City in Liaoning Province regard unofficial Christian churches, particularly small groups of up to 8 people? 2. Has there been marked population growth in Shenyang, especially the Hongling area, since 2006? 3. If so, are there any reports of an increase in police interest associated with this growth? 4. Are there any reports of arrests and detention of Christians in Liaoning Province in December 2009? 5. Would authorities issue a summons to a suspected Christian living abroad? 6. Would there be any repercussions for family members including a 10 year old child of the person who is the subject of the writ?

1 December 2010 | 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

Bahrain: 1. Please provide information about a 1994 petition calling for nullification of state security law, reinstatement of the 1973 constitution and the return of the dissolved elected parliament? 2. Please provide information about the arrest of political activists around 1996, in particular whether an activist would have been tried and sentenced if he was in detention for three years? 3. Please provide any information about continued harassment by the authorities today, of those who have been detained in the past? 4. Please provide information on any arrest or detention of Bahrainis returning from overseas travel on the basis of being involved in terrorist plots or training against the Sunni elite?

3 June 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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