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Query response: Egypt: Whether the government in Egypt has made head covering mandatory for women (2012-May 2013) [EGY104413.E]

Query response: India: Whether women who head their own households without male support can obtain housing and employment in Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh; government support services available to female-headed households in these cities; violence against women in these cities (2008-2011) [IND104430.E]

Query response: India: Police communication and collaboration between stations; police communications technology; reasons for a state-wide or national search, inter-state arrests (2009-April 2013) [IND104371.E]

Query response: India: Situation of Sikhs outside the state of Punjab, including treatment by authorities; ability of Sikhs to relocate within India, including challenges they may encounter (2009-April 2013) [IND104369.E]

Query response: India: Requirements and procedures for tenant registration, including implementation, particularly in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore (2009-April 2013) [IND104372.E]

Query response: India: Honour crimes, including their prevalence in both rural and urban areas; government protection and services offered to victims of honour crimes (2009-April 2013)

Query response: India: Independence of and corruption within the judicial system, including the scale of corruption at different levels (2009-April 2013) [IND104368.E]

Query response: Colombia: Recruitment methods of armed groups, including the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) (2011-March 2013) [COL104331.E]

Query response: Cameroon: Prevalence of forced marriage in southern Cameroon, particularly in the Southwest Region, including state protection available; forced marriage as practiced by chiefs, and whether the girls or women that are forced to marry chiefs must be virgins and childless [CMR104378.E]

Query response: Colombia: Peace process between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia , FARC) (2012-March 2013) [COL104330.E]

Query response: Colombia: Whether the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC), the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN), paramilitary groups and criminal groups (Bandas Criminales, BACRIM) pursue victims who relocate to another area; whether these groups track their victims over the long term, even if the latter return to Colombia after an extended period of time (2010-March 2013) [COL104332.E]

Query response: Kosovo: Situation of single women in Pristina, including their ability to access employment, housing, and social services; whether Catholic Albanian women would face particular challenges accessing housing, employment and social services when relocating to Pristina from a different area of Kosovo [KOS104350.E]

Query response: Colombia: Driver's licences, including format and process to obtain one; renewal process, including whether it can be done outside the country [COL104329.E]

Query response: Croatia: Treatment of sexual minorities in Zagreb by society and authorities, including state protection and support services [HRV104323.E]

Query response: Burundi: The situation of Tutsis, including their treatment by society and the authorities; state protection and support services available to them (2009-January 2013) [BDI104281.FE]

Query response: Morocco: Situation of individuals who renounce Islam (commit apostasy) in favour of atheism, including treatment by society and authorities; state protection available (2010-Feb. 2013) [MAR104307.E]

Query response: Israel: Situation of Christians, including treatment by society and the government; state protection and support services (2009-January 2013) [ISR104278.E]

Query response: Bosnia and Croatia: Requirements and procedures to acquire citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina for an individual who was born in Bosnia in 1978, but has resided in Croatia since 1992; whether children of this individual are entitled to Bosnian citizenship (2012-February 2013) [ZZZ104317.E]

Query response: Israel: Sanctions for and consequences of avoiding military service or refusing to bear arms or to follow orders from officers, including in battle zones; possibility for soldiers to sue officers for improper conduct or wrong-minded orders (March 2009-January 2013) [ISR104280.E]

Query response: Cuba: New exit-permit rules for Cuban citizens, including requirements and procedures; situation of Cuban citizens who left under the previous rules and are in violation of the law; whether doctors encounter obstacles to obtain exit permits because of their profession [CUB104288.E]