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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- Albania 6
- Algeria 6
- Angola 21
- Argentina 3
- Armenia 8
- Australia 5
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- Azerbaijan 31
- Bahrain 73
- Bangladesh 41
- Belarus 15
- Belgium 3
- Bhutan 1
- Bolivia 4
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 10
- Brazil 9
- Burundi 25
- Cambodia 49
- Cameroon 10
- Canada 1
- Cayman Islands 1
- Central African Republic 8
- Chad 18
- Chile 5
- China 133
- Colombia 21
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 65
- Costa Rica 1
- Croatia 6
- Cuba 8
- Côte d'Ivoire 28
- Djibouti 1
- Ecuador 4
- Egypt 123
- El Salvador 2
- Equatorial Guinea 17
- Eritrea 12
- Ethiopia 35
- Fiji 5
- France 2
- Georgia 22
- Germany 1
- Ghana 2
- Greece 6
- Guatemala 2
- Guinea 21
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 3
- Honduras 24
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 1
- Hungary 10
- India 64
- Indonesia 50
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- Iraq 62
- Ireland 1
- Israel 85
- Italy 11
- Jamaica 5
- Japan 1
- Jordan 30
- Kazakhstan 26
- Kenya 49
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 6
- Korea, Republic of 2
- Kuwait 29
- Kyrgyzstan 34
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 7
- Lebanon 33
- Liberia 5
- Libya 122
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- Malawi 6
- Malaysia 41
- Mali 13
- Mauritania 1
- Mexico 18
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- Mongolia 2
- Montenegro 1
- Morocco 44
- Myanmar 75
- Nepal 30
- Netherlands 2
- Nicaragua 2
- Niger 1
- Nigeria 31
- Occupied Palestinian Territory 72
- Oman 4
- Pakistan 34
- Panama 1
- Papua New Guinea 3
- Peru 13
- Philippines 46
- Poland 2
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 3
- Romania 1
- Russian Federation 119
- Rwanda 25
- Saudi Arabia 82
- Senegal 17
- Serbia 18
- Sierra Leone 4
- Singapore 11
- Slovenia 1
- Somalia 36
- South Africa 19
- South Sudan 10
- Spain 1
- Sri Lanka 66
- Sudan 68
- Suriname 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 115
- Tajikistan 7
- Tanzania, United Republic of 1
- Thailand 65
- Tunisia 45
- Turkey 30
- Turkmenistan 23
- Uganda 43
- Ukraine 10
- United Arab Emirates 43
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- United States of America 13
- Uruguay 4
- Uzbekistan 53
- Venezuela 16
- Viet Nam 45
- Western Sahara Territory 5
- Yemen 52
- Zambia 5
- Zimbabwe 36
- Abduction 27
- Abkhazians 1
- Abuse of psychiatry 5
- Access to procedures 12
- Access to water 1
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
- Acts of persecution 1
- Administrative courts 3
- Adoption 1
- Ahmadis 11
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 4
- Appeal / Right to appeal 3
- Arabs 6
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 329
- Armed attacks on camps 5
- Armed forces / Military 94
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 94
- Armenian 1
- Asylum policy 5
- Asylum-migration nexus 4
- Asylum-seekers 52
- Awá 2
- Baha'i 1
- Bail 3
- Bedoon 3
- Bengalis 1
- Berber 1
- Border conflict 10
- Border controls 5
- Border crossers 3
- Buddhist 11
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
- Catholic 5
- Ceasefire 6
- Chechen 7
- Child labour 15
- Child soldiers 18
- Children's rights 42
- Children-at-risk 28
- Chinese 1
- Christian 17
- Citizenship law 5
- Civil and political rights 39
- Civil war 8
- Combatants / Former combatants 10
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 21
- Conflict resolution 63
- Conflict situation 111
- Confucianist 1
- Constitutional law 4
- Contemporary forms of slavery 1
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
- Copts 4
- Corruption 30
- Coup d'état 7
- Crimes against humanity 58
- Criminal justice 230
- Croats 1
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
- Dalit 2
- Darfuri 1
- Death in custody 32
- Death penalty 89
- Death squads 11
- Demobilization / Disarmament 10
- Democracy 16
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 49
- Disabled persons 15
- Disappeared persons 88
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 33
- Domestic violence 9
- Drug trafficking 11
- Economic, social and cultural rights 14
- Effective remedy 48
- Egyptians 3
- Election law 4
- Elections 98
- Emergency legislation 5
- Equal opportunities 7
- Equality before the law 9
- Eritreans 7
- Ethiopians 3
- Ethnic cleansing 4
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Exclusion clauses 1
- Exiles 5
- Expedited procedures 3
- Expulsion 2
- Extradition 15
- Extrajudicial executions 109
- Extreme poverty 3
- Falun Gong 1
- Family law 3
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 4
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 2
- Forced labour 17
- Forced marriage 2
- Forced relocation 1
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 5
- Foreign occupation 15
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 249
- Freedom of assembly and association 283
- Freedom of conscience 22
- Freedom of expression 629
- Freedom of information 410
- Freedom of movement 32
- Freedom of religion 70
- Freedom of speech 411
- Gender discrimination 25
- Gender mainstreaming 1
- Gender-based persecution 7
- Generalized violence 2
- Genocide 10
- Good governance 136
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 4
- HIV and AIDS 21
- Habeas corpus 2
- Harmful traditional practices 8
- Hindu 2
- Hmong 2
- Honour killings 2
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 47
- Human Rights Council 14
- Human rights activists 364
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 266
- Human rights courts 3
- Human rights law 10
- Human rights monitors 51
- Humanitarian assistance 20
- Hutus 2
- IDP camps 2
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 5
- Immigrants 7
- Immigration Detention 23
- Immigration control after entry 2
- Immigration law 2
- Immunity 12
- Impunity 195
- Independence of judiciary 41
- Indians 2
- Indigenous persons 7
- Internal armed conflict 114
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 46
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 2
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 4
- International armed conflict 27
- International courts and tribunals 20
- International criminal law 20
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 14
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Iranians 2
- Jew 1
- Jurisdiction 3
- Juvenile justice system 7
- Kachin 7
- Karen 3
- Khmer 1
- Kosovar 2
- Kurd 32
- Labour law 6
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 17
- Laws relating to religion 2
- Legal representation / Legal aid 5
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 102
- Livelihoods 2
- Malays 4
- Mandate status 1
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 4
- Mapuche 1
- Maternal and child health care 5
- Medical screening 1
- Mental health 2
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Meskhetians 1
- Migrant rights 28
- Migrants 60
- Military courts 35
- Military law 6
- Military operations 41
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 4
- Minorities 36
- Minority rights 13
- Montagnards 1
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 52
- National security / Public order 10
- Non-refoulement 11
- Non-state agents of persecution 2
- Nuba 1
- Opposition 143
- Oromo 3
- Palestinian 32
- Papuans 3
- Passports 4
- Peace agreements 7
- Peace process 8
- Peacekeeping 11
- Persecution based on political opinion 133
- Persecution of family members 3
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 28
- Persons not in need of international protection 2
- Police 91
- Political asylum 1
- Political groups 83
- Political parties 129
- Political situation 385
- Population transfers 1
- Pre-trial detention 23
- Prevention of discrimination 2
- Prison or detention conditions 132
- Prisoners of war 1
- Prosecution vs persecution 13
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 2
- Protection of camps 3
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 107
- Protestant 1
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 15
- Public health 15
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 15
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Ratification 1
- Reception 1
- Reconciliation 16
- Referendum 10
- Refoulement 9
- Refugee / Asylum law 1
- Refugee camps 6
- Refugee law 1
- Refugee seamen 5
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
- Refugees 63
- Rejected asylum-seekers 2
- Rejection at border 2
- Religious discrimination 32
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 18
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
- Resettlement 3
- Residence permits / Residency 2
- Return conditions 4
- Returnees 3
- Right to a nationality 2
- Right to education 23
- Right to employment 7
- Right to family life 2
- Right to food 5
- Right to health 13
- Right to justice 62
- Right to leave 1
- Right to liberty and security 5
- Right to life 12
- Right to return 2
- Right to seek asylum 16
- Right to self-determination 13
- Rights of non-citizens 3
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 15
- Roma 8
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 224
- Russians 2
- SGBV 57
- Saharawis 2
- Sanctions 5
- Secondary movement 1
- Security forces 277
- Security situation 424
- Serb 2
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 11
- Shan 1
- Sharia law 9
- Shia 20
- Sikh 3
- Small arms 1
- Smuggling of persons 1
- Social group discrimination 3
- Social group persecution 2
- Somalis 11
- State of emergency 11
- State protection 3
- Stateless persons 7
- Statelessness 5
- Sufi 4
- Sunni 3
- Tajik 1
- Tamil 16
- Temporary admission 1
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 61
- Threats / Intimidation 3
- Tibetan 18
- Torture 20
- Trafficking in persons 12
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 18
- Travel documents 2
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 5
- Tuareg 3
- Uighur 12
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 12
- Uzbek 19
- Visas 3
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- War crimes 101
- Well-founded fear of persecution 3
- Witnesses 4
- Women's rights 80
- Women-at-risk 11
- Work permits 2
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