Country News
Short articles covering a specific situation in a country of origin. Most often reporting on specific human rights abuses or conflict situations.
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- Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly 1
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- Freedom from Torture 1
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- Human Rights First 2
- Human Rights Watch 2,946
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- Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) 4,180
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee 5
- Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 162
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) 22
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 228
- International Crisis Group (ICG) 45
- International Federation for Human Rights 1,095
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 9
- Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre 4
- Jamestown Foundation 1,200
- Japan: District Courts 1
- Minority Rights Group International 38
- Open Society Institute (OSI) 1
- Quaker United Nations Office 1
- Radio Free Asia 2,204
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 7,787
- REDRESS 4
- Refugees International 2
- Reporters Without Borders 3,841
- UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 15
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- UN General Assembly 2
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees 717
- UN Human Rights Council 2
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- UN News Service 4,119
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 3
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 9
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- United Kingdom: Home Office 1
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- World Organisation Against Torture 241
- Afghanistan 2,029
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- Armenia 675
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- Azerbaijan 1,149
- Bahrain 357
- Bangladesh 234
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- Belgium 21
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- Benin 39
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- Bhutan 16
- Bolivia 65
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 160
- Botswana 13
- Brazil 169
- Brunei Darussalam 3
- Bulgaria 51
- Burkina Faso 87
- Burundi 211
- Cambodia 415
- Cameroon 101
- Canada 28
- Cape Verde 4
- Cayman Islands 2
- Central African Republic 211
- Chad 179
- Chile 53
- China 2,384
- Colombia 299
- Comoros 22
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 930
- Congo, Republic of the 68
- Costa Rica 7
- Croatia 74
- Cuba 113
- Cyprus 25
- Czech Republic 32
- Côte d'Ivoire 517
- Denmark 11
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- Dominica 1
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- Ecuador 79
- Egypt 842
- El Salvador 38
- Equatorial Guinea 37
- Eritrea 95
- Estonia 4
- Ethiopia 284
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- Fiji 22
- Finland 4
- France 83
- Gabon 41
- Gambia 106
- Georgia 1,038
- Germany 38
- Ghana 67
- Greece 42
- Grenada 3
- Guatemala 106
- Guinea 170
- Guinea-Bissau 86
- Guyana 8
- Haiti 115
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 7
- Honduras 198
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 31
- Hungary 46
- Iceland 2
- India 318
- Indonesia 190
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,836
- Iraq 1,568
- Ireland 8
- Israel 619
- Italy 72
- Jamaica 21
- Japan 28
- Jordan 169
- Kazakhstan 1,051
- Kenya 472
- Kiribati 1
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 180
- Korea, Republic of 54
- Kuwait 77
- Kyrgyzstan 1,141
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 96
- Latvia 27
- Lebanon 288
- Lesotho 12
- Liberia 185
- Libya 828
- Liechtenstein 1
- Lithuania 25
- Luxembourg 1
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 4
- Madagascar 57
- Malawi 51
- Malaysia 200
- Maldives 46
- Mali 318
- Malta 7
- Mauritania 110
- Mauritius 6
- Mexico 381
- Moldova, Republic of 188
- Monaco 1
- Mongolia 50
- Montenegro 31
- Montserrat 1
- Morocco 159
- Mozambique 36
- Myanmar 896
- Namibia 10
- Nauru 3
- Nepal 333
- Netherlands 30
- New Caledonia 1
- New Zealand 4
- Nicaragua 30
- Niger 138
- Nigeria 347
- Norway 12
- Occupied Palestinian Territory 650
- Oman 36
- Pakistan 1,333
- Panama 24
- Papua New Guinea 36
- Paraguay 31
- Peru 96
- Philippines 367
- Poland 41
- Portugal 4
- Puerto Rico 2
- Qatar 25
- Romania 61
- Russian Federation 2,500
- Rwanda 191
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
- Saudi Arabia 249
- Senegal 133
- Serbia 381
- Sierra Leone 108
- Singapore 34
- Slovakia 21
- Slovenia 17
- Solomon Islands 2
- Somalia 1,042
- South Africa 187
- South Sudan 330
- Spain 22
- Sri Lanka 530
- Sudan 979
- Suriname 7
- Swaziland 49
- Sweden 23
- Switzerland 11
- Syrian Arab Republic 1,689
- Tajikistan 614
- Tanzania, United Republic of 60
- Thailand 362
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 45
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 85
- Togo 64
- Tokelau 1
- Trinidad and Tobago 4
- Tunisia 369
- Turkey 625
- Turkmenistan 394
- Turks and Caicos Islands 2
- U.S. Virgin Islands 1
- Uganda 310
- Ukraine 399
- United Arab Emirates 97
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 180
- United States of America 675
- Uruguay 13
- Uzbekistan 901
- Vanuatu 2
- Venezuela 127
- Viet Nam 364
- Western Sahara Territory 27
- Yemen 663
- Zambia 52
- Zimbabwe 505
- Abduction 346
- Abkhazians 62
- Abuse of psychiatry 35
- Access to procedures 43
- Access to water 111
- Acholi 1
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 4
- Acts of persecution 5
- Adivasis 2
- Administrative courts 6
- Adoption 16
- Afars 1
- Africans 6
- Afro-Colombians 2
- Age discrimination 2
- Ahmadis 44
- Ahwazi 5
- Airports 6
- Alawi 9
- Albanians 15
- Alevis 1
- Aliens 6
- Amazonian Indians 2
- Anti-terrorism law 16
- Appeal / Right to appeal 46
- Arabs 41
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 1,400
- Armed attacks on camps 55
- Armed forces / Military 1,183
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1,456
- Armenian 60
- Arrival 1
- Ashkaelian 1
- Assyrians 6
- Asylum policy 21
- Asylum-migration nexus 36
- Asylum-seekers 420
- Avars 5
- Awá 4
- Azeri 32
- Baha'i 46
- Bail 27
- Balkars 6
- Baluchis 25
- Bantu 2
- Banyamulenge 1
- Banyarwanda 1
- Baptist 266
- Basarwa 2
- Bashkirs 3
- Basques 2
- Batwa 1
- Bedoon 14
- Belarusians 1
- Bengalis 6
- Berber 9
- Berti 1
- Bihari 2
- Blood feuds 3
- Bodos 1
- Border conflict 351
- Border controls 66
- Border crossers 59
- Bosnian 10
- Buddhist 99
- Bulgarians 1
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 12
- Cabinda 2
- Caferis 1
- Camp management 24
- Capacity building of state institutions 15
- Catholic 93
- Ceasefire 147
- Chakma 1
- Chaldean 5
- Cham 1
- Changes of circumstances in home country 1
- Chechen 233
- Child labour 97
- Child prostitution 33
- Child soldiers 187
- Children's rights 464
- Children-at-risk 364
- Chin 10
- Chinese 11
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 6
- Christian 360
- Chuvash 1
- Circassians 52
- Citizenship law 12
- Civil and political rights 117
- Civil rights legislation 1
- Civil war 161
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 15
- Combatants / Former combatants 212
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 331
- Community development 10
- Complementary forms of protection 4
- Confidentiality 2
- Conflict prevention 21
- Conflict resolution 591
- Conflict situation 1,394
- Confucianist 1
- Constitutional law 17
- Contemporary forms of slavery 32
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 7
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 3
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 3
- Convention refugee 1
- Copts 30
- Corruption 340
- Cossacks 7
- Country of origin information (COI) 5
- Coup d'état 90
- Credibility assessment 1
- Crime prevention 9
- Crimes against humanity 262
- Crimes against peace 5
- Criminal justice 1,702
- Croats 3
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
- Czechs 1
- Dalit 7
- Darfuri 2
- Dargins 4
- Death in custody 168
- Death penalty 619
- Death squads 32
- Demobilization / Disarmament 141
- Democracy 145
- Denial of nationality 3
- Denial of refugee status 10
- Deportation / Forcible return 269
- Dinka 2
- Dioula 1
- Diplomatic assurances 2
- Diplomatic protection 2
- Disabled persons 77
- Disappeared persons 422
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 269
- Domestic violence 106
- Drug trafficking 127
- Druze 4
- Economic, social and cultural rights 121
- Effective protection 2
- Effective remedy 166
- Egyptians 5
- Elderly 8
- Election law 35
- Elections 1,789
- Embargo 40
- Embera 1
- Emergency legislation 16
- Emigrants 17
- Endorois 1
- Entry / Exit 6
- Enxet 1
- Equal opportunities 29
- Equality before the law 16
- Eritreans 24
- Ethiopians 28
- Ethnic cleansing 26
- Evacuation 9
- Evangelical 9
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 10
- Exclusion clauses 2
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 3
- Exiles 96
- Expedited procedures 4
- Expulsion 47
- Extradition 95
- Extrajudicial executions 776
- Extreme poverty 99
- False documents 3
- Falun Gong 9
- Family law 6
- Family reunification 9
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 59
- Filipinos 6
- Flight by land, air or sea 25
- Forced labour 103
- Forced marriage 62
- Forced relocation 9
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 21
- Foreign occupation 117
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 973
- Freedom of assembly and association 1,084
- Freedom of conscience 290
- Freedom of expression 9,183
- Freedom of information 5,825
- Freedom of movement 223
- Freedom of religion 2,165
- Freedom of speech 5,374
- Fulani 4
- Fur 1
- Gaboye 1
- Gagauz 2
- Galicians 1
- Gender discrimination 151
- Gender mainstreaming 18
- Gender-based persecution 26
- Generalized violence 14
- Genocide 132
- Germans 4
- Good governance 1,121
- Good offices 3
- Greeks 1
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 27
- HIV and AIDS 146
- Habeas corpus 5
- Haitians 3
- Han 7
- Hare Krishna 56
- Harmful traditional practices 81
- Hazara 10
- Hema 1
- Hijacking 7
- Hindu 14
- Hmong 25
- Honour killings 32
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 528
- Human Rights Council 48
- Human rights activists 2,136
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 1,137
- Human rights courts 30
- Human rights law 31
- Human rights monitors 326
- Humanitarian assistance 709
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 7
- Hungarians 2
- Hutus 24
- IDP camps 149
- Illegal entry 10
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 63
- Illegitimate children 1
- Immigrants 36
- Immigration Detention 100
- Immigration control after entry 6
- Immigration law 2
- Immunity 46
- Impunity 730
- Income-generating projects 1
- Independence of judiciary 166
- Indians 2
- Indigenous persons 165
- Ingush 73
- Integration 42
- Internal armed conflict 1,378
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1,856
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 2
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 1
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 4
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 7
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1
- International armed conflict 270
- International courts and tribunals 217
- International criminal law 81
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 73
- International protection 4
- Involuntary repatriation 21
- Iranians 23
- Jain 1
- Japanese 6
- Jehovah's Witness 313
- Jew 59
- Jurisdiction 4
- Juvenile justice system 34
- Kabards 4
- Kachin 68
- Kalenjin 1
- Karachay 7
- Karen 27
- Kashmiris 10
- Kazakhs 15
- Khakass 1
- Khmer 4
- Kikuyu 1
- Komi 4
- Koreans 7
- Kosovar 81
- Krou 1
- Kuchi 4
- Kumyks 3
- Kuna 1
- Kurd 307
- Labour law 8
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 159
- Laws relating to religion 123
- Legal representation / Legal aid 26
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 294
- Livelihoods 122
- Location of camps 3
- Luo 2
- Lutheran 4
- Maasai 1
- Malays 3
- Malinke / Mandingo 1
- Mandate status 2
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 4
- Mapuche 7
- Mass exodus 13
- Massaleit 1
- Maternal and child health care 115
- Medical screening 5
- Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 2
- Mende 1
- Mennonite 2
- Mental health 48
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 9
- Mercenaries 8
- Merina 1
- Meskhetians 8
- Messianic Jews 1
- Methodist 9
- Migrant rights 94
- Migrants 350
- Military courts 98
- Military law 15
- Military operations 677
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 192
- Minorities 693
- Minority rights 67
- Mon 6
- Mongols 18
- Montagnards 2
- Mormon 1
- Moros 1
- Multiple nationality 8
- Muslim 944
- National security / Public order 57
- Naturalization 1
- Nepalis 2
- Nogai 6
- Nomads 10
- Non-refoulement 32
- Non-self-governing territories 6
- Non-state agents of persecution 20
- Nuba 3
- Nuer 4
- Ogaden 1
- One-child policy / Family planning 13
- Opposition 1,996
- Orderly return 20
- Oromo 5
- Orthodox Christian 156
- Ossetians (South) 82
- Palestinian 238
- Pamiris 1
- Panjshiris 1
- Papuans 8
- Pashtun 21
- Passports 28
- Pastoralists 1
- Peace agreements 221
- Peace process 500
- Peacekeeping 499
- Pentecostal 31
- Persecution based on nationality 9
- Persecution based on political opinion 396
- Persecution of family members 67
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 78
- Persons not in need of international protection 11
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 23
- Physical harm 1
- Piracy 16
- Poles 14
- Police 675
- Political asylum 18
- Political groups 648
- Political parties 1,090
- Political situation 3,824
- Polygamy 12
- Population transfers 5
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 9
- Pre-trial detention 126
- Presbyterian 13
- Prevention of discrimination 17
- Prison or detention conditions 609
- Prisoners of war 6
- Proof of nationality 1
- Property restitution 12
- Prosecution vs persecution 154
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 45
- Protection of camps 25
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 618
- Protestant 283
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 89
- Public health 329
- Punjabis 2
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 113
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Ratification 2
- Re-entry 2
- Reception 3
- Reconciliation 179
- Referendum 122
- Refoulement 26
- Refugee / Asylum law 14
- Refugee camps 293
- Refugee identity documents 4
- Refugee law 4
- Refugee seamen 65
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 11
- Refugees 1,388
- Regional instruments 1
- Registration 21
- Reintegration 44
- Rejected asylum-seekers 14
- Rejection at border 6
- Religious discrimination 1,174
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 249
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 16
- Resettlement 106
- Residence permits / Residency 15
- Return conditions 146
- Returnees 286
- Right to a nationality 14
- Right to development 6
- Right to education 306
- Right to employment 113
- Right to family life 24
- Right to food 207
- Right to health 162
- Right to justice 196
- Right to leave 1
- Right to liberty and security 24
- Right to life 77
- Right to registration at birth 12
- Right to return 16
- Right to seek asylum 46
- Right to self-determination 90
- Rights of non-citizens 9
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 136
- Roma 83
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 800
- Russians 64
- Rwandans 5
- SGBV 595
- Sabean Mandean 6
- Safe country of origin 1
- Saharawis 11
- Salafi 58
- Sale of children 22
- San Bushmen 1
- Sanctions 120
- Scientologist 2
- Secondary movement 4
- Security forces 1,166
- Security situation 4,226
- Serb 36
- Serious non-political crime 15
- Seventh Day Adventist 37
- Sexual and reproductive rights 89
- Shabak 3
- Shamanism 1
- Shan 15
- Sharia law 49
- Shia 235
- Signatories and Parties 1
- Sikh 5
- Sindhis 1
- Single heads of household 2
- Sinhalese 4
- Slavs 4
- Small arms 47
- Smuggling of persons 35
- Social group discrimination 34
- Social group persecution 14
- Somalis 169
- Spontaneous return 5
- Standard of proof 3
- State of emergency 69
- State protection 16
- Stateless persons 32
- Statelessness 34
- Sufi 45
- Sunni 184
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
- Tajik 15
- Talysh 2
- Tamil 81
- Tatars 74
- Temporary admission 1
- Temporary protection 4
- Terrorism 1,417
- Threats / Intimidation 46
- Tibetan 467
- Torres Strait Islanders 1
- Torture 168
- Trafficking in persons 220
- Transit 6
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 128
- Travel documents 5
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 45
- Tuareg 48
- Turkmen 11
- Turks 7
- Tutsis 17
- Uighur 325
- Ukrainians 5
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 32
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 28
- Urban refugees 19
- Urueu-Wau-Wau 1
- Uzbek 143
- Vietnamese 1
- Visas 43
- Voluntary repatriation 98
- War crimes 426
- Well-founded fear of persecution 7
- Widowed persons 3
- Witchcraft 2
- Withdrawal of nationality 3
- Witnesses 29
- Women's rights 636
- Women-at-risk 179
- Work permits 8
- Yazīdī 7
- Zoroastrian 4
- Zulus 1
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