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 469
- Albania 2
- Armenia 231
- Azerbaijan 244
- Bahrain 3
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 133
- Bulgaria 1
- Burundi 1
- Cameroon 1
- Central African Republic 3
- Chad 1
- China 1
- Colombia 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 25
- Croatia 28
- Cuba 35
- Côte d'Ivoire 2
- Egypt 1
- Gambia 1
- Georgia 192
- Germany 1
- Guinea 1
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 1
- Indonesia 1
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 77
- Iraq 212
- Jordan 2
- Kazakhstan 136
- Kenya 113
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1
- Kyrgyzstan 167
- Lebanon 10
- Libya 6
- Madagascar 1
- Mali 1
- Morocco 1
- Myanmar 2
- Namibia 1
- Nigeria 3
- Pakistan 10
- Palestine, State of 3
- Philippines 32
- Russian Federation 37
- Rwanda 2
- Saudi Arabia 2
- Senegal 1
- Serbia 107
- Sierra Leone 1
- Somalia 1
- South Sudan 1
- Sri Lanka 1
- Sudan 10
- Sweden 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 203
- Tajikistan 151
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2
- Tunisia 8
- Turkey 15
- Turkmenistan 75
- Uganda 11
- Ukraine 75
- Uzbekistan 136
- Yemen 3
- Zimbabwe 65
- Abduction 26
- Abkhazians 3
- Abuse of psychiatry 5
- Access to water 4
- Acts of persecution 1
- Administrative courts 1
- Age discrimination 2
- Airports 1
- Albanians 2
- Anti-terrorism law 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 7
- Arabs 7
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 55
- Armed attacks on camps 3
- Armed forces / Military 107
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 115
- Armenian 36
- Assyrians 3
- Asylum-migration nexus 1
- Asylum-seekers 7
- Avars 1
- Azeri 13
- Baptist 2
- Border conflict 59
- Border controls 10
- Border crossers 7
- Bosnian 23
- Buddhist 1
- Catholic 2
- Ceasefire 11
- Chaldean 1
- Chechen 5
- Child labour 15
- Child prostitution 1
- Child soldiers 6
- Children's rights 34
- Children-at-risk 43
- Chinese 2
- Christian 19
- Civil and political rights 39
- Civil war 9
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 14
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 26
- Community development 1
- Complementary forms of protection 2
- Conflict prevention 3
- Conflict resolution 133
- Conflict situation 66
- Constitutional law 3
- Contemporary forms of slavery 1
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Corruption 80
- Coup d'état 1
- Crime prevention 1
- Crimean Tatars 3
- Crimes against humanity 26
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 61
- Croats 11
- Customary law 1
- Death in custody 1
- Death penalty 14
- Death squads 2
- Demobilization / Disarmament 10
- Democracy 12
- Denial of nationality 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 5
- Disappeared persons 17
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 42
- Domestic violence 20
- Drug trafficking 17
- Economic, social and cultural rights 44
- Effective remedy 16
- Election law 8
- Elections 293
- Emigrants 1
- Equal opportunities 7
- Ethnic cleansing 8
- Evacuation 1
- Evangelical 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 5
- Expulsion 2
- Extradition 4
- Extrajudicial executions 18
- Extreme poverty 5
- Family law 1
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 4
- Flight by land, air or sea 1
- Forced labour 6
- Forced marriage 17
- Forced relocation 3
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 4
- Foreign occupation 15
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 28
- Freedom of assembly and association 96
- Freedom of conscience 6
- Freedom of expression 321
- Freedom of information 267
- Freedom of movement 20
- Freedom of religion 71
- Freedom of speech 215
- Gang related violence 1
- Gender discrimination 28
- Gender mainstreaming 11
- Gender-based persecution 8
- Genocide 30
- Germans 1
- Good governance 183
- HIV and AIDS 11
- Harmful traditional practices 17
- Hazara 2
- Hindu 2
- Honour killings 6
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 41
- Human Rights Council 2
- Human rights activists 65
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 52
- Human rights law 1
- Human rights monitors 8
- Humanitarian assistance 17
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
- Hungarians 1
- Hutus 1
- IDP camps 1
- Illegal entry 1
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
- Immigrants 5
- Immigration Detention 4
- Immunity 7
- Impunity 22
- Income-generating projects 1
- Independence of judiciary 10
- Indigenous persons 2
- Integration 6
- Internal armed conflict 75
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 40
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 1
- International armed conflict 20
- International courts and tribunals 158
- International criminal law 28
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
- Iranians 1
- Jehovah's Witness 2
- Jew 1
- Juvenile justice system 1
- Kalenjin 6
- Kazakhs 7
- Kikuyu 3
- Kurd 46
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 8
- Laws relating to religion 5
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 24
- Livelihoods 16
- Maasai 1
- Macedonians 1
- Maternal and child health care 7
- Mental health 5
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 2
- Mercenaries 1
- Meskhetians 5
- Migrant rights 13
- Migrants 40
- Military courts 1
- Military operations 62
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 14
- Minorities 53
- Minority rights 10
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 86
- National security / Public order 10
- Nomads 1
- Non-self-governing territories 1
- Opposition 155
- Orthodox Christian 7
- Ossetians (South) 1
- Palestinian 3
- Pamiris 1
- Pashtun 7
- Passports 13
- Peace agreements 15
- Peace process 32
- Peacekeeping 4
- Pentecostal 2
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
- Persecution based on nationality 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 54
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 15
- Persons with disabilities 22
- Piracy 1
- Poles 1
- Police 61
- Political groups 134
- Political parties 206
- Political situation 655
- Polygamy 5
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
- Pre-trial detention 2
- Prison or detention conditions 68
- Prisoners of war 1
- Proof of nationality 1
- Property restitution 5
- Prosecution vs persecution 2
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 16
- Protestant 1
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 23
- Public health 20
- Punjabis 1
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 15
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Reconciliation 14
- Referendum 12
- Refugee camps 6
- Refugee seamen 1
- Refugees 50
- Religious discrimination 22
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 16
- Resettlement 6
- Residence permits / Residency 2
- Return conditions 11
- Returnees 8
- Right to a nationality 3
- Right to education 54
- Right to employment 15
- Right to family life 2
- Right to food 5
- Right to health 8
- Right to justice 3
- Right to liberty and security 5
- Right to life 1
- Right to return 4
- Right to self-determination 8
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 1
- Roma 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 65
- Russians 16
- SGBV 38
- Sabean Mandean 1
- Salafi 4
- Security forces 85
- Security situation 389
- Serb 17
- Sexual and reproductive rights 6
- Shabak 1
- Sharia law 6
- Shia 46
- Sikh 2
- Slavs 2
- Small arms 9
- Smuggling of persons 5
- Social group discrimination 8
- Social group persecution 2
- Somalis 3
- Standard of proof 2
- State protection 2
- Statelessness 1
- Sunni 42
- Tajik 7
- Tatars 4
- Terrorism 111
- Threats / Intimidation 4
- Torture 7
- Trafficking in persons 9
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 6
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
- Turkmen 2
- Uighur 1
- Ukrainians 1
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2
- Urban refugees 1
- Uzbek 30
- Visas 5
- Voluntary repatriation 2
- War crimes 62
- Well-founded fear of persecution 1
- Widowed persons 1
- Witnesses 21
- Women's rights 112
- Women-at-risk 43
- Work permits 1
- Yazīdī 5
- Zoroastrian 4
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