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Colombia: 1. Please provide information regarding the human rights/security situation in Colombia generally, particularly in reference to extortion, violence and other threats of harm perpetrated by FARC. 2. Please provide information on groups targeted by FARC for harm/extortion/kidnapping etc. 3. Please provide information on the availability of state protection in Colombia against attacks from FARC. Is there a reasonable level of state protection in Colombia against FARC attacks and would protection be denied to people for a Convention reason? 4. Please provide information relevant to internal relocation to avoid the risk from FARC, including information on which parts of Colombia FARC is most/least active. Please also discuss the relative power/influence/presence of FARC in and around Bogota 20 April 2011

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Please provide information on the extent to which women face discrimination in relation to matters such as employment. 2. To what extent does the state provide protection against discrimination on grounds such as gender? 3. To what extent does the state provide protection against sexual assault? 4. What support services are available to victims of sexual assault, in Medellin in particular? 5. What is the current situation in Medellin with regard to violent crime such as kidnappings, killings and gang-related violence? 6. Are there any reports of people who have been overseas being targeted for crime? 15 February 2011

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Was an ELN guerrilla group ‘Frente Efrain Pabon Pabon' active in Santander in 2007/8? Is it active now? If so, in what parts of Colombia and who does it generally target? 2. What protection is likely to be available by the authorities from threats or attacks by this group (or, if information on the group can't be located, by the ELN generally)? 3. Are there any practical barriers to relocating within the country (to, for example, Bogota)? 19 July 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Please provide recent information in relation to criminal gangs in Colombia and the prevalence or otherwise of extortion and kidnapping. 2. Are there any reports of threats or harm to civilians or business people who refuse to co-operate with criminal gangs in Colombia? 23 March 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Please provide any available information on whether Soacha is a dangerous suburb of Bogota. 2. Please advise if Soacha is on the outskirts of Bogota 3. Is there information that, since 2003, the Colombian Government has made agreements with the FARC and has then reneged on those agreements? 4. Please provide information on the recent operation of the FARC 5. Does the Colombian Government currently struggle to provide basic services such as education and health to the people of Colombia? 18 November 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Are there any reports of leftist groups asking civilians to attend meetings or attempting to extort money in Bogota in 2003? 2. To what extent are FARC or other leftist groups still active in Medellin? 3. Are there any reports indicating that FARC or other leftist groups still make demands for money in urban areas such as Bogota? 4. Are there any reports of a group known by the name “urban militias FARC-EP” or some similar name? 16 November 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Is it still the case that Colombians who witnessed or were victims of paramilitary violence face intimidation and death with limited protection provided by the Colombian authorities? 2. Deleted. 3. Are past supporters of Patriotic Union (UP) still at risk of politically-motivated harm by anyone in Bogotá today? 5 November 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Is there any information that political groups or guerrilla groups target or kidnap children born overseas? 2. Is there any information that political groups or guerrilla groups have kidnapped children because their parents lived overseas for long periods, or because the parents are perceived as having been successful in businesses overseas? 5 August 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Is Colombia experiencing high threats of terrorism and criminal activity which might make it seem attractive for a university student to stay in Australia rather than return home? 11 February 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: 1. Are there any reports of activities by guerillas or paramilitaries in i. Arboletes ii. Amaga iii. Pabarando iv. Puerto Berrio? 2. Are there any reports of guerilla (particularly FARC) activity in Alejandria? 3. Are FARC or other guerilla organisations active in Medellin? 4. Is there any information to suggest that people connected with the government, people who do military service or people who are educated are targeted by FARC for kidnapping? 5. To what extent does the government provide protection against the activities of FARC and other guerilla organisations? 6 February 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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