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	RRT Case No. 1110014	16 November 2011
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Case Law
	RRT Case No. 1100737	23 September 2011
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Case Law
	India: 1. Please provide information on any reports of DSS followers being targetted for harm in Punjab or elsewhere in India since February 2010. 2. Is there any evidence of the Indian police or security forces denying protection to or not investigating complaints from DSS followers since 2009?	4 August 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Egypt: 1. Deleted. 2. Are there any reports which suggest that police will fail to act in relation to crimes against Coptic Christians and would falsify reports about such crimes? 3. What percentage of the population in Heliopolis are Coptic Christians? 4. Is there any information about discrimination in the employment of Coptic Christians in universities and in particular whether there are Coptic Christians working at MUST?	26 July 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	India: 1. Is there any evidence of Hindu - Muslim riots or other violent incidents in Gujarat during July - October 2009? 2. Is there any evidence of Hindus suffering harm at the hands of Muslims in the Gujarat since 2009?	13 July 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Israel: 1. Please provide background on the demographics of Israel with particular detail on the major religions in Israel and the relative proportions of the population who are considered to be followers of the main religions	28 March 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Bangladesh: 1. Chandanaish/Chittagong District - please obtain a demographic/religious profile for this area. 2. Do reports verify the targeting of Buddhist women and families for kidnapping, conversion and forcible marriage?	25 March 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	China: 1. How do the authorities in Shenyang City in Liaoning Province regard unofficial Christian churches, particularly small groups of up to 8 people? 2. Has there been marked population growth in Shenyang, especially the Hongling area, since 2006? 3. If so, are there any reports of an increase in police interest associated with this growth? 4. Are there any reports of arrests and detention of Christians in Liaoning Province in December 2009? 5. Would authorities issue a summons to a suspected Christian living abroad? 6. Would there be any repercussions for family members including a 10 year old child of the person who is the subject of the writ?	1 December 2010
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
	Nepal: 1. Is the practice of Christianity or any other religion legal in Nepal? 2. Is proselytizing legal in Nepal? 3. What is the Nepali government's attitude towards religion and religious practice in Nepal, in particular towards Christianity? 4. What is the attitude of Nepal's dominant religious groups, who are Hindus, towards other religious groups including Christian groups? 5. Do Hindu converts to another religion including Christianity face family, community and societal problems and, if yes, what is the nature of these problems? 6. What state protection would be afforded to Hindus who convert to Christianity who suffer any type of harm from Hindus, Hindu religious groups, family members, community and the society?	29 October 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses

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