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Afghanistan: Women remain prisoners 2 December 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) | Document type: Country News

Policing Morality Abuses in the Application of Sharia in Aceh, Indonesia 30 November 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

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

Iraq: Kurdish government promises more action on honour killings 27 November 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) | Document type: Country News

Afghan Runaways Flee Forced Marriages 26 November 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Institute for War and Peace Reporting | Document type: Country News

Iran: Surge in Cases of Husband Murder 26 November 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Institute for War and Peace Reporting | Document type: Country News

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: Information regarding the death of infant males after circumcision in Nigeria, in particular young males who are circumcised a few years after birth rather than soon after birth 15 November 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Somalia: UN human rights experts condemn recent execution of teenage girls 11 November 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN News Service | Document type: Country News

Fears grow for Iran stoning case lawyer and son 3 November 2010

Category: Country Information | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News


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