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	Palestine: Information on the treatment of women in Palestine, specifically Gaza, including honour based violence. Treatment of those outside of a traditional Muslim community, for example, a single mother.	18 May 2012
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	Jordan: Information on honour killings, in particular reprisals for marrying against families wishes; lack of state protection; difficulty of relocation; attitudes towards singe women with children	19 July 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	Pakistan: Information on Honour Killings in particular reports of honour killings, whether there is effective protection from threats from family members and whether internal relocation is a reasonable alternative	13 July 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	Egypt: 1. Please provide information about how marriages between Coptic Orthodox and other Christian denominations are viewed generally; also marriages between a Copt and a foreigner. 2. Are marriages recognised by the Coptic Church? If not, what are the legal consequences of this lack of recognition? 3. Is there any evidence of honour killings being carried out in Upper Egypt in d circumstances where a male marries without his family's consent when a marriage has already been arranged for him? 4. Would the police provide protection in such circumstances?	22 March 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Pakistan: Any COI re honour killings/domestic killing - in particular, the risk for man who has been involved in a relationship with a married woman. The woman was killed by her husband and the client says they will kill him too. Any COI re effectiveness of police protection in such circumstances?	31 January 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	India: 1. Please provide information about separated or divorced women (who are Punjabi Sikhs) in Punjab. In particular, please provide information about such women being driven to suicide, killed or forced to marry again in order to subsist. 2. Please provide information about domestic violence committed on Punjabi Sikh women in Punjab. 3. What government, non-government and religious services and support are there for women suffering from domestic violence in Punjab? 4. What evidence is there that women are burnt or killed by family members of ex-husbands in Punjab? 5. What information is there about Punjabi Sikh family members of divorced or separated women being shamed themselves in Punjab society? 6. What are the Punjabi laws/customs relating to wives owing debts to husbands/former husbands? 7. What are Punjabi laws that prohibit domestic violence, murder or honour killings among family members in Punjab? 8. Please provide information about the ability or willingness of police in Punjab to enforce such laws and protect women who suffer domestic violence or who might make complaints to the police that they might be murdered by their husband or husband's family members. 9. Please provide information about the ability of Punjabi Sikh women moving outside of Punjab, to live in areas other than Punjab.	3 December 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	India: 1. Please provide information about the ability of law enforcement agencies in India and particularly in Punjab to protect citizens in matters relating to honour killings. 2. Please provide information about the ability of Sikhs to move outside of Punjab, and to live in areas other than Punjab. Is there any information that suggests that if one is educated that he/she will find it easier to resettle outside of Punjab?	26 November 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Pakistan: Information about honour killings in Pakistan. Information about women's groups that support potential victims	26 May 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	Iraq: Up to date information regarding "honour killings" in Iraq of both Men and women	18 May 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	Pakistan: Religious aims and objectives imposed by the State on females and children in Pakistan	7 April 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses

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