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	Kenya: 1. Is there continuing ethnic tension in Kenya between the Kikuyu and Luo tribes? 2. To what extent do members of the Luo tribe suffer discrimination or harm from members of the Mungiki or from Kikuyu people generally? 3. What is the situation in this regard in the Mathare area of Nairobi? 4. Are there other areas of Nairobi or Kenya where people of the Luo tribe might be safe from tribal violence? 5. Do the Mungiki or the Kikuyu tribe practice female circumcision? 6. Are there any reports of Luo women being circumcised or threatened with circumcision by members of the Mungiki or the Kikuyu tribe? 7. Please provide information on the treatment of single women and their children by the state and by Kenyan society generally. 8. What protection is available to single women who might fear harm (including circumcision) or discrimination?	1 March 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Tanzania: 1. Please provide background on the religions in Tanzania. 2. Please provide information on the proportion of people practising the old (witchcraft) religions. 3. Please provide information on the extent of the practice of Christianity in Tanzania. 4. Please provide information on the extent of religious tolerance in Tanzania, especially between Christians and those who practice the old religion. 5. Is there information on the sorts of rituals and icons that devotees of the old witchcraft religion would be expected to practice or to display in their house? 6. Is there information on whether believers of the old religion would consider their family to be cursed if a member of the family did not practice witchcraft and rituals? 7. Please provide information on the attitude and effectiveness of the police in protecting women who are threatened, and particularly (if available) information on the attitude and protection by police towards Christian women threatened with harm for not practising the old religion or performing the rituals. 8. Please provide information on the extent of domestic violence in Tanzania, and the mechanisms (legislation, state institutions, and NGOs) in place to prevent this. 9. Please provide background information on the exit procedures for a married person who wants to leave Tanzania	30 November 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Zambia: 1. Please provide background and demographic information on the ethnic composition of Zambia and in particular the Tonga speaking people. Please include where they come from, what is their level of adherence to their traditional beliefs, and what is their relationship and standing within the modern Zambian community. 2. Please provide information on the customs and traditions associated with the death customs of the Tonga speaking people of Zambia. 3. Please advise the status of, the extent of and the legality of polygamy in Zambia. 4. Please provide some background information on Chief Hamusonde's chiefdom in the Monze District of southern Zambia. For example, what is it and how does it relate to other chiefdoms and Zambia generally? 5. Deleted. 6. Deleted. 7. Please provide information on the "cleansing ritual", the "naming ritual" and the "property grabbing" (presumably distribution of deceased estates) in Zambia. 8. Please provide information on local laws regarding "cleansing rituals", including whether the law permits it and whether the law requires condoms be used during such rituals. 9. Please discuss whether there are songs played on radio and television in Zambia regarding "unclean widows" called "Muka-mfwilwa", and how they warn men to stay away from them and how it encourages women to go back to their in-laws and be cleansed. 10. Please provide information on "widowed women in Zambia" as a possible particular social group. 11. Please provide information on the treatment of women and especially widows in the Tonga speaking ethnic group in Zambia. 12. Please provide information on the existence and activities of the women's lobby group in Lusaka. 13. Please provide general information on the effectiveness of police and state protection, and the extent of corruption in Zambia, particularly in respect to the protection of widowed or single women	24 November 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Nigeria: 1. What is the demography of Nigeria by state, and Anambra state particularly? Please provide particular reference to religious, socio-economic, and state protection issues. 2. Discuss the treatment of Christians in Nigeria, and in Anambra state particularly, including the relationship between Christians and Muslims. 3. Please provide any information on the treatment of Nigerian citizens who have returned to Nigeria with a criminal record from overseas	7 October 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Zimbabwe: 1. Please provide information about "kuripa ngozi" (or virgin pledging) - the customary practice of offering a young girl or grown women as compensatory payment in inter-family disputes as well as in the appeasement of avenging deceased spirits. Is it widespread? 2. Is "kuripa ngozi" referred to in Zimbabwe's Domestic Violence Act? Please provide the relevant clauses or section. 3. Is there information that the police do not uphold the laws relating to domestic violence? 4. At what age is a woman considered an adult in Zimbabwe? 5. At what age can a woman marry in Zimbabwe? 6. Deleted. 7. Deleted	16 September 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Iran: 1. Is there any information that suggests that marrying a Christian woman (and not actually converting yourself) will cause difficulties in Iran? 2. Would it cause any difficulties for a foreign Christian wife if she was to accompany her husband to Iran?	21 May 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Guinea: 1. Please provide information on the situation in Danane, Ivory Coast, in 2004, and in particular on any bombing that occurred there. 2. Is there any evidence of a usual practice, or a recognised custom, in the culture of either Ivory Coast or Guinea involving adoption of a niece by an uncle (in circumstances where the niece's mother is deceased)? 3. Please provide advice on whether formal adoption is available in Guinea and Ivory Coast, and the processes involved. 4. Please provide information on the practice in Guinea with regard to the recording of deaths. 5. Do the authorities in Guinea issue death certificates in relation to deaths in the country?	22 December 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	RRT Case No. 0904954	23 November 2009
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Case Law
	Nigeria: 1. Are there any reports of ritualised killings/murder in Enugu state, Nigeria? If so, who carries out the practice and for what reason(s)? Are there any reports of village councils and/or village kings ("igwe") implicated in such practices? 2. Is there any information about Christians, or Christian groups being discriminated against or harmed by people who practice "black magic" / "juju"? in Enugu State? 3. Do the police or authorities investigate ritual killings (or violence associated with traditional practices)? Is there state protection for those who fear being a victim of such harm?	4 May 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	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
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses

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