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Fiji: 1. What conflicts exist between Fijian Indians and indigenous Fijians? 2. Can authorities protect citizens from racially motivated attacks? 3. Would a widow be more at risk of racially motivated attacks? 4. Is relocation an option for an indigenous Fijian widow?

15 September 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Turkey: 1. Please obtain the names of Kurdish tribes and Kurdish languages primarily spoken in Igdir. 2. Please advise the address of the DTP office in Antalya in 2006? 3. Who were the leading figures in the DTP nationally in 2007? 4. Are DTP supporters being targeted for any harm because of their support? 5. Please also provide an update on the current human rights situation for Kurds in Turkey, and how the situation for them has evolved since early 2008 (when TUR32816 was written). Please identify the characteristics among the Kurdish population that continue to attract state-backed harm, and also give some context to this with information on the situation for people of Kurdish background generally

14 September 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Iran: 1. Please provide brief background on the situation for ethnic Arabs in the Ahwaz area of Iran. Has there been a hardening of attitudes towards Arab separatist movements on the part of the authorities in recent years?

30 July 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Kenya: 1. Have ethnic Indians in Kenya been targeted or are ethnic Indians being targeted by violence? If so, by whom (e.g. a particular tribe/political group?). 2. Please provide any information which addresses the issue of whether or not ethnic Indians in Kenya have been or are being targeted, especially for the period December 2007 to now. 3. Would a person have the right to reside in Tanzania, if their mother was a Tanzanian citizen living in Kenya, their maternal grandmother a Tanzanian citizen and their sibling currently living in Tanzania?

8 July 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Bangladesh: 1. Please provide an update on the nationality status of Biharis born in Bangladesh. 2. The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants wrote: "Half of the Biharis lived outside of camps, integrated into the local community, and were eligible to receive passports, to vote, and to attend college, and were able to exercise most of the rights of citizens." Please confirm this advice. 3. Do non-camp Biharis face discrimination or other problems, and if so, are they serious? 4. Can post (or its contacts in Dhaka) provide information about Geneva Camp, Mohammadpur? 5. Deleted. 6. Is it known whether dispossessed Biharis seek to recover their property and/or face threats? 7. Deleted.

7 July 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 0901933

12 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Expulsion - Non-state agents of persecution - Pre-entry procedures - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refoulement - Residence permits / Residency - Roma - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia

RRT Case No. 0900751

26 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Myanmar

RRT Case No. 0808284

21 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom of movement - Immigration Detention - Palestinian - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Residence permits / Residency - Social group persecution - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - Kuwait

Ethiopia: 1. Please provide information on the policies of the Kinijit (also known as the Coalition for Unity and Democracy or CUD) in relation to housing, youth, education, health and employment. 2. Please provide information on the current leadership group and / or high profile members of the Kinijit (or CUD). 3. Is there evidence of government instigated conflict between Tigrayans and other ethnic groups in Ethiopia? 4. What sort of activities did pro-CUD agitators engage in during the campaign or lead up to the April 2005 elections? 5. Are there reports of demonstrations being held in Addis Ababa in June 2005 and October 2005? If so, what types of people were arrested or held? 6. Please provide information on the Zeway Concentration Camp, including its location, its size/layout/divisions, any other identifying features, what it is used for, and whether demonstrators arrested in October 2005 were held there. Please provide photographs of the camp if available. 7. What is the location of the 4th Division Police Station in Addis Ababa? Does it have a jail on site or nearby?

14 April 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Zimbabwe: 1. Please provide information about the Manyika, and whether there is any evidence of discrimination against them

2 March 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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