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Ethiopia: 1. What information is available on whether death certificates would have been issued at this time in rural areas of Ethiopia? 2. What information is available on traditional Oromo burials in rural areas in Ethiopia? Are there burial practices specific to Muslim Oromo? 3. What information is available with regard to the question of whether supporters of the Oromo Liberation Front were disappearing, or being murdered, during the period 1993/4?

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

Egypt: 1. What is the current attitude of Egyptian authorities towards supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood? 2. Are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood routinely detained and interrogated? 3. Were Muslim Brotherhood supporters targeted before, during, or after the Egyptian Assembly elections in 2006?

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

RRT Case No. 0803136

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Hui - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - China

RRT Case No. 0901592

13 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Hindu - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Mental health - Muslim - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

India: 1. Please provide background on the general relationship between Muslim and Christian communities in Kerala state. Is there any information which would suggest that communal clashes are frequent, or are relations between the two communities generally amicable? 2. Please provide information which would suggest that the ruling CPI-M government favours Kerala's Muslim population over its Christian population. Please also provide information on the relationship between the CPI-M and Kerala's Muslim and Christian communities

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

India: 1. Are there any legal restrictions which would prevent Sikh residents of Jammu and Kashmir relocating to the large Sikh communities which reside in India's Punjab state? 2. Does it remain the case that Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) govern Punjab state as coalition partners? 3. What information is available on the level of security in Punjab state for Sikhs who support the BJP? 4. Please provide a brief background on the political situation of resident Muslim, Sikh and Hindu communities in Jammu and Kashmir. 5. Please provide a brief background on Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) and reports of any recent LeT attacks in Jammu (noting especially any attacks against Sikh communities and/or BJP supporters). 6. Is there any information to indicate that Sikhs face discrimination in terms of employment in Jammu and Kashmir? 7. Please provide a brief background on the National Conference Party (NC) and the Democratic Party (PDP); have either of these parties supported the activities of militant Muslim separatist groups in Jammu and Kashmir? 8. Please provide a brief background on the result of the recent Jammu and Kashmir state elections and the new Jammu and Kashmir state government. 9. Are there any reports of an incident where the state government transferred ownership of a tract of land owned by the Amar Nath Hindu temple to Muslims, with protests by Sikhs and Hindus resulting in the decision being reversed?

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

RRT Case No. 0807642

18 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Alawi - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Muslim - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Security situation | Countries: Australia - Lebanon

Bangladesh: 1. What is the usual process for Muslims marrying in Bangladesh? 2. Does a Nikah Nama have the same legal status as a marriage certificate? Is it issued by the government? 3. Under Bangladeshi law is a Nikah Nama valid if the bride has not signed it? Can she appoint someone (eg a "wakil"/proxy) to sign on her behalf? 4. Does the bride have to sign the Nikah Nama in front of the Qazi? 5. Is there an order to the process eg does the bride have to sign the Nikah Nama before the groom?

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

Pakistan: 1. Can you provide an update on the TNFJ since February 2002? 2. Is the group still in existence? What are the aims of the group? What are its policies? Who are the current leaders of the group? 3. Is there any information on the student wing? If so can you provide information about the student wing in the period 1998-2000? 4. Is there any recent information on the activities of the TNFJ in Rawalpindi? 5. What is the attitude of the current government towards members of the TNFJ? 6. Anything else of relevance

7 November 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Ethiopia: 1. Please provide a briefing about Pentecostal Christians in Ethiopia: i.e. what does it mean to be a 'Pentecostal Christian' in Ethiopia? 2.What percentage of the population do ‘Pentecostal Christians' in Ethiopia constitute? 3. Is there any evidence that ‘Pentecostal Christians' are discriminated against? 4. Does inter-religious marriage (ie between Muslims and Pentecostal Christians) occur? 5. If it occurs, is the female (Christian) expected to convert to Islam? 6. Please provide any information about Christian women married to Muslim men facing discrimination or denial of rights (eg to education, or to work)? 7. Is the 'Ethiopian Tsewan (Zion) Church in Australia' affiliated with Pentecostal Christians from Ethiopia? How (religiously) strict are they? 8. How are non-Muslims treated in Ethiopia? Are they discriminated against? If so, in what ways and to what extent? 9. [Information deleted] 10. [Information deleted] 11. Please provide an update on the status of police corruption in Ethiopia. 12. Please provide a (brief) update on the status of women in Ethiopia.

30 September 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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