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Egypt: Family Political connections: 1. Please advise who is the President of the Law Society in Alexandria, Egypt? 2. Please advise who is the Egyptian Minister of Interior? 3. Please advise who is the Commander of Intelligence in Ismaliyia province? Arrest in 1981: 4. Please advise whether President Sadat had university students arrested in 1981 who were against his policies, in particular his visit to Israel in 1981? Please provide some background material about the arrests in 1981 by Sadat. National Party: 5. Does the National Party pressure people to join their party? 6. Is there any information to support claims that people would be sacked from their jobs if they didn't join the National Party? 7. Is there any information to support claims that a champion sportsman would be prevented from competing because he didn't join the National Party? 2000 elections: 8. Is it possible to obtain a list of people who registered their names for the general election in 2000? 9. Is there a list of candidates who stood as independents in the 2000 elections? 10. Can you provide information about Kamal El Shazli? 11. Please advise which seat Mohamad Saad Hamed, the Minister of Finance stood for in the 2000 elections? 12. Please advise whether any other candidate stood against Mohamad Saad Hamed in the 2000 elections?

19 March 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Thailand: 1. Are political proponents of democracy in Thailand subjected to any adverse attention from the Thai authorities? 2. To what extent are such proponents subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention? 3. To what extent does the Thai government restrict freedom of speech? 4. Are individuals able to criticise the government publicly without reprisal? 5. Has the situation for such proponents of democracy worsened since the coup of 19 September 2006? 6. Does martial law still operate in Thailand? 7. If so, where? 8-13. Questions deleted. 14. Is there any evidence to support the claim that the payment of bribes to the police would be necessary to achieve a person's release from prison in Thailand?

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

China: 1. How difficult is it to establish a union in China or to request legal status to set up a union? (General information on unions) 2. How are the authorities in Tianjin? Would they crack down on a few people meeting to plan to set up a Temporary workers union? 3. Would someone claiming to have no permanent job be able to afford travel to Europe (Germany and Switzerland) or Japan for holiday? 4. Would it be difficult to leave the country through Beijing airport if PSB had apparently gone to his home in Tianjin with an arrest warrant for spreading anti government propaganda material?

15 September 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. Is there any information on the House of Christ Church of Lin Lin? 2. Is there any information of arrests of Christians around Fuqing on 15 March 2001? 3. Is there any information on the charge "preaching cult"? Is there any information on Fuzhou City Detention Centre? 4. Is there any information on a crackdown on Christians in Fuqing City in June 2005? 5. Is there any up to date information on the persecution of non-Catholic Christians in Fuqing?

13 September 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. What information do we have of people being released from police cells by the intervention of family? 2. What information do we have of people escaping from jail with the assistance of family? 3. Could you also try and find out the name of the prison in Dalian city and its proximity to main landmarks in the city? Any information you are able to obtain about the prison would be helpful

29 August 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. What characteristics are specific to members of this church as opposed to Christians or the Protestant religion in general, in the way they pray or practice their religion? 2. How are Local Church members treated in Shanghai? 3. How are Local Church members treated in Sanming City, Fujian?

21 August 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. I have had a look at the DOS 2005 reports. Is there any more specific information on workers' protests in Fujian province 2005 to date (relating to unpaid wages or other labour matters), and how the authorities have dealt with such protests? 2. Would there be any specific information on this particular protest (National Day, 1 October 2005, Fuzhou City central square)? 3. How would police generally be expected to react to this type of protest? For example, on National Day in the central square would it be usual for them to disperse the crowd immediately or is it possible that they would arrive one hour later? 4. Once demonstrators of this sort have come to the notice of the authorities, does the Public Security Bureau keep them on a blacklist from then on?

18 August 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. Is there any country or media information about worker demonstrations in Tianjin on 30 December 2004 over dismissals in the machine industry? 2. What is the official policy on "independent" unions or workers demonstrating on such issues? 3. What is the length of detention? Are there many reports of detentions in Tianjin? 4. What is the normal sentence for "threatening national security and social stability"? 5. Is it normal for a person to be sentenced to 6 months' detention without a trial?

15 August 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. The applicant explains the birth of his son with reference to there being "conjugal rights" in prison. Are there any reports of this in China? 2. Are there recent reports on the mistreatment of psychiatric patients generally in China? 3. There seem to be many reports on the use of psychiatric institutions for political opponents (actual and perceived); are these "dedicated" facilities, and do they observe meaningful distinctions between political opponents and the mentally ill?

1 August 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. Update any adverse interest that the PRC authorities currently have in Dr Jiang, particularly after mid 2004. 2. Any evidence of voicing of popular opinion in support of Dr Jiang and how people who voice support for Dr Jiang's calls for revision of 4.6.89 are being treated by authorities

15 May 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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