Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Abduction 1
• Airports 5
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 1
• Armed forces / Military 1
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 27
• Bakongo 4
• Banyarwanda 8
• Bemba 4
• Catholic 3
• Children's rights 1
• Children-at-risk 1
• Christian 1
• Civil war 2
• Coup d'état 5
• Crimes against humanity 1
• Criminal justice 6
• Demobilization / Disarmament 1
• Denial of refugee status 1
• Deportation / Forcible return 2
• Disappeared persons 3
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 16
• Domestic violence 3
• Elections 1
• Emigrants 1
• Equality before the law 1
• Evangelical 1
• Exiles 4
• Expulsion 5
• Extradition 1
• Extrajudicial executions 2
• False documents 1
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 3
• Forced marriage 5
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 4
• Freedom of assembly and association 1
• Freedom of expression 2
• Freedom of movement 4
• Freedom of religion 7
• Good governance 1
• Hema 2
• Human rights activists 1
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 9
• Hutus 15
• Jehovah's Witness 3
• Lari 1
• Legal representation / Legal aid 2
• Lendu 3
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 4
• Luba 15
• Lunda, Yeke 1
• Mental health 2
• Migrants 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 5
• Minorities 1
• Multiple nationality 3
• Nationality law 2
• Ngbandi 5
• Non-refoulement 1
• Opposition 26
• Passports 5
• Pentecostal 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 1
• Persecution of family members 1
• Political groups 9
• Political parties 19
• Political situation 11
• Prison or detention conditions 3
• Proof of nationality 2
• Property restitution 1
• Public health 2
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 17
• Refoulement 1
• Refugee camps 1
• Refugee seamen 1
• Rejected asylum-seekers 3
• Religious discrimination 1
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
• Residence permits / Residency 6
• Right to a nationality 11
• Right to leave 1
• Right to return 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1
• Security forces 6
• Security situation 2
• Seventh Day Adventist 1
• State protection 6
• Terrorism 1
• Transit 1
• Travel documents 2
• Tutsis 32
• Visas 7
• Voluntary repatriation 1
• Witnesses 2
• Women's rights 1
• Women-at-risk 2

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• AlertNet - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Amnesty International - Democratic Republic of Congo
• Cultural Orientation Resource (COR) Center - Publications: Refugee Backgrounders
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Dem Rep of the Congo
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Democratic Republic of Congo
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - DR Congo
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in DR Congo
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - DR Congo
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• ReliefWeb - Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
• Rift Valley Institute
• UNHCR - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• United Nations News Centre - News Focus: Democratic Republic of Congo
• United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
• United States Department of State - Congo (Kinshasa)
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Congo, Democratic Republic Of
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Democratic Republic of the Congo