Country News
Short articles covering a specific situation in a country of origin. Most often reporting on specific human rights abuses or conflict situations.
- Afghanistan 41
- Albania 4
- Algeria 9
- Angola 7
- Argentina 8
- Armenia 2
- Australia 5
- Austria 2
- Azerbaijan 42
- Bahrain 78
- Bangladesh 14
- Belarus 32
- Benin 2
- Bolivia 4
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 15
- Botswana 1
- Brazil 24
- Bulgaria 1
- Burkina Faso 3
- Burundi 8
- Cambodia 25
- Cameroon 7
- Central African Republic 3
- Chad 16
- Chile 7
- China 128
- Colombia 41
- Comoros 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 26
- Congo, Republic of the 3
- Croatia 4
- Cuba 32
- Cyprus 2
- Czech Republic 10
- Côte d'Ivoire 6
- Denmark 1
- Dominican Republic 12
- Ecuador 3
- Egypt 142
- El Salvador 15
- Equatorial Guinea 4
- Eritrea 8
- Ethiopia 21
- Fiji 3
- France 5
- Gambia 17
- Georgia 13
- Germany 1
- Ghana 6
- Greece 9
- Guatemala 44
- Guinea 5
- Guinea-Bissau 4
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 22
- Honduras 18
- Hungary 7
- India 48
- Indonesia 24
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 176
- Iraq 64
- Israel 75
- Italy 19
- Jamaica 7
- Japan 9
- Jordan 14
- Kazakhstan 3
- Kenya 22
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 9
- Korea, Republic of 15
- Kuwait 7
- Kyrgyzstan 6
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3
- Latvia 4
- Lebanon 13
- Lesotho 1
- Liberia 1
- Libya 75
- Lithuania 9
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 2
- Madagascar 2
- Malawi 11
- Malaysia 35
- Maldives 10
- Mali 10
- Mauritania 6
- Mexico 64
- Moldova, Republic of 9
- Mongolia 5
- Montenegro 2
- Morocco 18
- Mozambique 5
- Myanmar 31
- Nauru 1
- Nepal 16
- Nicaragua 7
- Niger 3
- Nigeria 31
- Occupied Palestinian Territory 84
- Oman 9
- Pakistan 42
- Panama 4
- Papua New Guinea 6
- Paraguay 10
- Peru 14
- Philippines 19
- Poland 3
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 9
- Romania 11
- Russian Federation 61
- Rwanda 10
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
- Saudi Arabia 69
- Senegal 6
- Serbia 29
- Sierra Leone 9
- Singapore 7
- Slovakia 5
- Somalia 32
- South Africa 10
- South Sudan 8
- Spain 2
- Sri Lanka 65
- Sudan 58
- Suriname 2
- Swaziland 4
- Sweden 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 119
- Tajikistan 4
- Tanzania, United Republic of 3
- Thailand 15
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 3
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 2
- Togo 2
- Trinidad and Tobago 1
- Tunisia 50
- Turkey 32
- Turkmenistan 2
- Uganda 18
- Ukraine 17
- United Arab Emirates 14
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6
- United States of America 9
- Uruguay 5
- Uzbekistan 8
- Venezuela 9
- Viet Nam 15
- Western Sahara Territory 5
- Yemen 53
- Zambia 2
- Zimbabwe 71
- Abduction 26
- Abuse of psychiatry 2
- Access to procedures 13
- Access to water 4
- Acts of persecution 2
- Adivasis 1
- Administrative courts 1
- Africans 3
- Ahmadis 5
- Ahwazi 3
- Alawi 1
- Albanians 1
- Amazonian Indians 1
- Anti-terrorism law 6
- Appeal / Right to appeal 5
- Arabs 3
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 359
- Armed attacks on camps 4
- Armed forces / Military 63
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 58
- Asylum policy 2
- Asylum-migration nexus 4
- Asylum-seekers 34
- Awá 1
- Azeri 1
- Baha'i 7
- Bail 3
- Baluchis 1
- Bedoon 7
- Border conflict 7
- Border crossers 3
- Buddhist 3
- Camp management 2
- Catholic 1
- Ceasefire 5
- Chechen 6
- Child soldiers 10
- Children's rights 18
- Children-at-risk 21
- Christian 10
- Civil and political rights 18
- Civil war 7
- Combatants / Former combatants 2
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 9
- Community development 1
- Confidentiality 1
- Conflict resolution 27
- Conflict situation 84
- Constitutional law 1
- Contemporary forms of slavery 5
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 4
- Convention refugee 1
- Copts 2
- Corruption 18
- Coup d'état 7
- Crime prevention 1
- Crimes against humanity 47
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 243
- Czechs 1
- Death in custody 28
- Death penalty 232
- Death squads 3
- Demobilization / Disarmament 4
- Democracy 10
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 37
- Disabled persons 3
- Disappeared persons 88
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 32
- Domestic violence 5
- Drug trafficking 7
- Druze 1
- Economic, social and cultural rights 10
- Effective protection 1
- Effective remedy 60
- Election law 3
- Elections 56
- Embargo 9
- Emergency legislation 6
- Enxet 1
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 1
- Eritreans 1
- Ethnic cleansing 2
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 4
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 2
- Extradition 11
- Extrajudicial executions 127
- Extreme poverty 3
- Falun Gong 2
- Filipinos 1
- Forced labour 3
- Forced marriage 2
- Forced relocation 5
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 4
- Foreign occupation 16
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 289
- Freedom of assembly and association 303
- Freedom of conscience 84
- Freedom of expression 678
- Freedom of information 404
- Freedom of movement 23
- Freedom of religion 42
- Freedom of speech 403
- Gender discrimination 26
- Gender-based persecution 5
- Generalized violence 1
- Genocide 12
- Good governance 71
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 2
- HIV and AIDS 5
- Haitians 2
- Harmful traditional practices 8
- Hazara 2
- Hindu 1
- Hmong 1
- Honour killings 1
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 111
- Human Rights Council 2
- Human rights activists 380
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 249
- Human rights courts 1
- Human rights law 3
- Human rights monitors 39
- Humanitarian assistance 18
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
- Hutus 3
- IDP camps 7
- Illegal entry 1
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
- Immigrants 1
- Immigration Detention 18
- Immunity 15
- Impunity 164
- Independence of judiciary 15
- Indigenous persons 64
- Internal armed conflict 95
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 63
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 2
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1
- International armed conflict 31
- International courts and tribunals 10
- International criminal law 14
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 14
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Iranians 2
- Jehovah's Witness 1
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 1
- Juvenile justice system 1
- Kachin 1
- Karen 1
- Kurd 24
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2
- Laws relating to religion 1
- Legal representation / Legal aid 8
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 74
- Livelihoods 5
- Mapuche 2
- Maternal and child health care 11
- Medical screening 4
- Mental health 1
- Migrant rights 17
- Migrants 23
- Military courts 30
- Military law 4
- Military operations 17
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 11
- Minorities 22
- Minority rights 10
- Mongols 1
- Multiple nationality 1
- Muslim 14
- National security / Public order 6
- Non-refoulement 8
- Non-state agents of persecution 4
- Nuba 1
- One-child policy / Family planning 1
- Opposition 114
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 33
- Papuans 2
- Peace agreements 7
- Peace process 4
- Peacekeeping 7
- Persecution based on political opinion 105
- Persecution of family members 2
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 19
- Physical harm 1
- Poles 1
- Police 82
- Political groups 52
- Political parties 88
- Political situation 262
- Polygamy 1
- Pre-trial detention 12
- Prevention of discrimination 4
- Prison or detention conditions 134
- Prisoners of war 1
- Property restitution 2
- Prosecution vs persecution 16
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
- Protection of camps 2
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 75
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 21
- Public health 11
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 6
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Ratification 1
- Reception 1
- Reconciliation 3
- Referendum 4
- Refoulement 4
- Refugee camps 15
- Refugee identity documents 1
- Refugee seamen 2
- Refugees 34
- Rejected asylum-seekers 4
- Religious discrimination 21
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 11
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
- Residence permits / Residency 1
- Returnees 3
- Right to a nationality 2
- Right to education 16
- Right to employment 2
- Right to family life 4
- Right to food 9
- Right to health 20
- Right to justice 63
- Right to liberty and security 2
- Right to life 19
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to seek asylum 9
- Right to self-determination 4
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 2
- Roma 42
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 111
- SGBV 64
- Sabean Mandean 1
- Saharawis 5
- Security forces 206
- Security situation 354
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 19
- Sharia law 4
- Shia 29
- Small arms 4
- Social group discrimination 7
- Social group persecution 2
- Somalis 3
- Standard of proof 1
- State of emergency 17
- State protection 4
- Sufi 1
- Sunni 9
- Tamil 13
- Terrorism 57
- Threats / Intimidation 16
- Tibetan 7
- Torture 29
- Trafficking in persons 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 6
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 3
- Tuareg 1
- Tutsis 2
- Uighur 20
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4
- Uzbek 5
- War crimes 66
- Witchcraft 1
- Witnesses 1
- Women's rights 85
- Women-at-risk 23
- Zoroastrian 1
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