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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- Algeria 17
- Angola 28
- Argentina 3
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- Azerbaijan 61
- Bahrain 97
- Bangladesh 76
- Belarus 16
- Belgium 3
- Bhutan 1
- Bolivia 7
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 15
- Botswana 1
- Brazil 21
- Bulgaria 3
- Burundi 37
- Cambodia 90
- Cameroon 14
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- Cayman Islands 1
- Central African Republic 29
- Chad 24
- Chile 5
- China 182
- Colombia 25
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 89
- Congo, Republic of the 1
- Costa Rica 1
- Croatia 7
- Cuba 8
- Côte d'Ivoire 36
- Denmark 1
- Djibouti 1
- Dominican Republic 2
- Ecuador 14
- Egypt 191
- El Salvador 2
- Equatorial Guinea 20
- Eritrea 19
- Ethiopia 45
- Fiji 7
- France 6
- Gambia 3
- Georgia 22
- Germany 1
- Ghana 5
- Greece 15
- Guatemala 2
- Guinea 28
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 5
- Honduras 29
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 10
- Hungary 12
- India 85
- Indonesia 73
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- Iraq 105
- Ireland 2
- Israel 121
- Italy 13
- Jamaica 6
- Japan 1
- Jordan 45
- Kazakhstan 38
- Kenya 67
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 17
- Korea, Republic of 5
- Kuwait 48
- Kyrgyzstan 46
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 15
- Lebanon 51
- Liberia 7
- Libya 163
- Liechtenstein 1
- Lithuania 5
- Malawi 8
- Malaysia 63
- Mali 21
- Mauritania 1
- Mexico 28
- Moldova, Republic of 2
- Mongolia 2
- Montenegro 1
- Morocco 63
- Myanmar 108
- Nepal 39
- Netherlands 2
- Nicaragua 2
- Niger 2
- Nigeria 39
- Oman 7
- Pakistan 64
- Palestine, State of 101
- Panama 1
- Papua New Guinea 5
- Peru 14
- Philippines 57
- Poland 3
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 5
- Romania 1
- Russian Federation 207
- Rwanda 31
- Saudi Arabia 122
- Senegal 26
- Serbia 24
- Sierra Leone 5
- Singapore 18
- Slovakia 1
- Slovenia 1
- Somalia 48
- South Africa 21
- South Sudan 29
- Spain 5
- Sri Lanka 87
- Sudan 91
- Suriname 1
- Swaziland 2
- Switzerland 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 193
- Tajikistan 17
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2
- Thailand 136
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 3
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 1
- Tunisia 86
- Turkey 52
- Turkmenistan 31
- Uganda 56
- Ukraine 43
- United Arab Emirates 53
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3
- United States of America 15
- Uruguay 4
- Uzbekistan 68
- Venezuela 27
- Viet Nam 63
- Western Sahara Territory 9
- Yemen 102
- Zambia 6
- Zimbabwe 42
- Abduction 56
- Abkhazians 1
- Abuse of psychiatry 9
- Access to procedures 14
- Access to water 5
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
- Acts of persecution 1
- Administrative courts 4
- Adoption 1
- Afro-Colombians 2
- Ahmadis 14
- Alawi 2
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 34
- Appeal / Right to appeal 8
- Arabs 10
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 557
- Armed attacks on camps 5
- Armed forces / Military 185
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 207
- Armenian 1
- Assemblies of God 1
- Asylum policy 5
- Asylum-migration nexus 6
- Asylum-seekers 86
- Awá 2
- Azeri 2
- Baha'i 3
- Bail 3
- Banyamulenge 1
- Batwa 1
- Bedoon 9
- Bengalis 1
- Berber 2
- Border conflict 11
- Border controls 8
- Border crossers 9
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 18
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
- Cabinda 1
- Catholic 5
- Ceasefire 7
- Chechen 12
- Child labour 19
- Child soldiers 28
- Children's rights 68
- Children-at-risk 55
- Chinese 2
- Christian 29
- Citizenship / Nationality law 5
- Civil and political rights 145
- Civil war 17
- Combatants / Former combatants 11
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 43
- Conflict resolution 109
- Conflict situation 134
- Confucianist 1
- Constitutional law 5
- Contemporary forms of slavery 2
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 2
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
- Copts 6
- Corruption 48
- Country of origin information (COI) 3
- Coup d'état 17
- Crimean Tatars 3
- Crimes against humanity 90
- Criminal justice 255
- Croats 3
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
- Dalit 3
- Darfuri 1
- Death in custody 44
- Death penalty 137
- Death squads 11
- Demobilization / Disarmament 16
- Democracy 24
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 75
- Dinka 2
- Disappeared persons 152
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 62
- Domestic violence 17
- Drug trafficking 14
- Economic, social and cultural rights 18
- Effective protection 1
- Effective remedy 167
- Egyptians 3
- Election law 5
- Elections 136
- Embargo 4
- Emergency legislation 5
- Entry / Exit 3
- Equal opportunities 7
- Equality before the law 9
- Eritreans 11
- Ethiopians 4
- Ethnic cleansing 4
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Exclusion clauses 2
- Exiles 6
- Expedited procedures 3
- Expulsion 5
- Extradition 24
- Extrajudicial executions 175
- Extreme poverty 4
- Falun Gong 1
- Family law 3
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 5
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 4
- Forced labour 27
- Forced marriage 8
- Forced relocation 2
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 6
- Foreign occupation 21
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 346
- Freedom of assembly and association 589
- Freedom of conscience 25
- Freedom of expression 952
- Freedom of information 642
- Freedom of movement 54
- Freedom of religion 95
- Freedom of speech 580
- Gang related violence 4
- Gender discrimination 38
- Gender mainstreaming 1
- Gender-based persecution 20
- Generalized violence 3
- Genocide 11
- Good governance 166
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 4
- HIV and AIDS 26
- Habeas corpus 2
- Haitians 2
- Harmful traditional practices 9
- Hazara 1
- Hindu 2
- Hmong 2
- Honour killings 3
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 65
- Human Rights Council 31
- Human rights activists 567
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 477
- Human rights courts 3
- Human rights law 17
- Human rights monitors 65
- Humanitarian assistance 34
- Hutus 2
- IDP camps 3
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 7
- Immigrants 10
- Immigration Detention 28
- Immigration control after entry 2
- Immigration law 2
- Immunity 19
- Impunity 295
- Independence of judiciary 60
- Indians 2
- Indigenous persons 10
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 197
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 71
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 2
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 5
- International armed conflict 28
- International courts and tribunals 70
- International criminal law 32
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 38
- Involuntary repatriation 2
- Iranians 2
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 3
- Juvenile justice system 10
- Kachin 7
- Karen 3
- Khmer 1
- Kosovar 2
- Kurd 45
- Labour law 9
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 25
- Laws relating to religion 7
- Legal representation / Legal aid 9
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 160
- Livelihoods 5
- Malays 6
- Mandate status 1
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 4
- Mapuche 1
- Maternal and child health care 8
- Medical screening 1
- Mental health 4
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 4
- Meskhetians 1
- Migrant rights 43
- Migrants 91
- Military courts 49
- Military law 32
- Military operations 73
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 9
- Minorities 51
- Minority rights 22
- Montagnards 2
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 109
- National security / Public order 32
- Non-refoulement 14
- Non-state agents of persecution 8
- Nuba 1
- Nuer 3
- One-child policy / Family planning 1
- Opposition 198
- Orderly return 1
- Oromo 3
- Palestinian 61
- Papuans 6
- Passports 4
- Peace agreements 13
- Peace process 10
- Peacekeeping 21
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 9
- Persecution based on political opinion 306
- Persecution of family members 3
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 83
- Persons not in need of international protection 2
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
- Persons with disabilities 23
- Police 176
- Political asylum 1
- Political groups 88
- Political parties 174
- Political situation 546
- Population transfers 1
- Pre-trial detention 32
- Prevention of discrimination 4
- Prison or detention conditions 174
- Prisoners of war 1
- Property restitution 2
- Prosecution vs persecution 13
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 4
- Protection of camps 3
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 184
- Protestant 1
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 168
- Public health 19
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 30
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 7
- Ratification 1
- Reception 3
- Reconciliation 22
- Referendum 11
- Refoulement 14
- Refugee / Asylum law 4
- Refugee camps 8
- Refugee seamen 12
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
- Refugees 109
- Refugees sur place 1
- Registration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 5
- Rejection at border 6
- Religious discrimination 44
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 31
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 3
- Resettlement 3
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 6
- Returnees 3
- Right to a nationality 2
- Right to education 28
- Right to employment 10
- Right to family life 5
- Right to food 8
- Right to health 25
- Right to justice 77
- Right to leave 4
- Right to liberty and security 6
- Right to life 14
- Right to return 4
- Right to seek asylum 32
- Right to self-determination 14
- Rights of non-citizens 4
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 33
- Roma 9
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 322
- Russians 3
- SGBV 75
- Safe third country 2
- Saharawis 4
- Salafi 3
- Sanctions 8
- Secondary movement 1
- Security forces 414
- Security situation 619
- Serb 4
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 12
- Shabak 1
- Shan 1
- Sharia law 15
- Shia 34
- Sikh 4
- Small arms 2
- Smuggling of persons 3
- Social group discrimination 15
- Social group persecution 3
- Somalis 14
- State of emergency 16
- State protection 4
- Statelessness 12
- Sufi 5
- Sunni 15
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
- Tajik 1
- Tamil 23
- Tatars 3
- Temporary admission 1
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 137
- Threats / Intimidation 4
- Tibetan 23
- Torture 54
- Trafficking in persons 17
- Transit 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 33
- Travel documents 2
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 5
- Tuareg 5
- Turkmen 1
- Turks 1
- Tutsis 1
- Uighur 23
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 7
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 21
- Uzbek 21
- Visas 4
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- War crimes 157
- Well-founded fear of persecution 3
- Witnesses 8
- Women's rights 128
- Women-at-risk 32
- Work permits 2
- Yazīdī 4
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