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 69
- Albania 6
- Algeria 12
- Angola 16
- Argentina 10
- Armenia 4
- Australia 12
- Austria 2
- Azerbaijan 73
- Bahrain 172
- Bangladesh 31
- Barbados 1
- Belarus 51
- Benin 2
- Bolivia 6
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 17
- Botswana 1
- Brazil 43
- Brunei Darussalam 1
- Bulgaria 6
- Burkina Faso 9
- Burundi 13
- Cambodia 41
- Cameroon 12
- Central African Republic 37
- Chad 22
- Chile 16
- China 206
- Colombia 95
- Comoros 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37
- Congo, Republic of the 5
- Croatia 5
- Cuba 48
- Cyprus 4
- Czech Republic 15
- Côte d'Ivoire 9
- Denmark 2
- Dominican Republic 35
- Ecuador 10
- Egypt 272
- El Salvador 28
- Equatorial Guinea 12
- Eritrea 13
- Ethiopia 28
- Fiji 6
- Finland 1
- France 18
- Gambia 41
- Georgia 14
- Germany 2
- Ghana 6
- Greece 19
- Guatemala 54
- Guinea 7
- Guinea-Bissau 4
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 38
- Honduras 37
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 7
- Hungary 14
- India 80
- Indonesia 63
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 266
- Iraq 96
- Israel 114
- Italy 26
- Jamaica 10
- Japan 10
- Jordan 17
- Kazakhstan 10
- Kenya 36
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 20
- Korea, Republic of 21
- Kuwait 19
- Kyrgyzstan 9
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3
- Latvia 5
- Lebanon 20
- Lesotho 1
- Liberia 1
- Libya 101
- Lithuania 11
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 2
- Madagascar 3
- Malawi 11
- Malaysia 53
- Maldives 15
- Mali 14
- Malta 1
- Mauritania 11
- Mexico 134
- Moldova, Republic of 10
- Mongolia 5
- Montenegro 4
- Morocco 33
- Mozambique 10
- Myanmar 65
- Nauru 1
- Nepal 19
- Netherlands 2
- Nicaragua 9
- Niger 4
- Nigeria 66
- Norway 1
- Oman 14
- Pakistan 76
- Palestine, State of 129
- Panama 4
- Papua New Guinea 17
- Paraguay 21
- Peru 19
- Philippines 28
- Poland 4
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 21
- Romania 14
- Russian Federation 153
- Rwanda 12
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
- Saudi Arabia 136
- Senegal 6
- Serbia 38
- Sierra Leone 16
- Singapore 12
- Slovakia 10
- Somalia 45
- South Africa 24
- South Sudan 21
- Spain 9
- Sri Lanka 89
- Sudan 88
- Suriname 2
- Swaziland 10
- Sweden 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 232
- Tajikistan 13
- Tanzania, United Republic of 3
- Thailand 38
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 6
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 4
- Togo 3
- Trinidad and Tobago 1
- Tunisia 62
- Turkey 60
- Turkmenistan 12
- Uganda 32
- Ukraine 88
- United Arab Emirates 45
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8
- United States of America 11
- Uruguay 5
- Uzbekistan 19
- Venezuela 36
- Viet Nam 25
- Western Sahara Territory 9
- Yemen 84
- Zambia 10
- Zimbabwe 85
- Abduction 87
- Abuse of psychiatry 12
- Access to procedures 16
- Access to water 9
- Acts of persecution 3
- Adivasis 2
- Administrative courts 1
- Africans 8
- Afro-Colombians 1
- Ahmadis 8
- Ahwazi 9
- Alawi 1
- Albanians 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
- Amazonian Indians 1
- Anti-terrorism law 25
- Appeal / Right to appeal 19
- Arabs 11
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 745
- Armed attacks on camps 10
- Armed forces / Military 144
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 141
- Arrival 1
- Asylum policy 3
- Asylum-migration nexus 11
- Asylum-seekers 73
- Awá 1
- Azeri 1
- Baha'i 7
- Bail 3
- Baluchis 2
- Bedoon 14
- Border conflict 8
- Border controls 6
- Border crossers 6
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 9
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
- Camp management 3
- Catholic 2
- Ceasefire 8
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chechen 16
- Child soldiers 11
- Children's rights 39
- Children-at-risk 65
- Christian 25
- Civil and political rights 69
- Civil war 11
- Combatants / Former combatants 2
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 30
- Community development 1
- Confidentiality 1
- Conflict prevention 3
- Conflict resolution 60
- Conflict situation 113
- Constitutional law 2
- Contemporary forms of slavery 6
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 5
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention refugee 1
- Copts 5
- Corruption 25
- Coup d'état 16
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimean Tatars 3
- Crimes against humanity 76
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 267
- Czechs 1
- Dalit 1
- Death in custody 51
- Death penalty 424
- Death squads 4
- Demobilization / Disarmament 7
- Democracy 16
- Denial of nationality 2
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 71
- Disappeared persons 181
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 52
- Domestic violence 11
- Drug trafficking 10
- Druze 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 16
- Effective protection 4
- Effective remedy 191
- Egyptians 1
- Election law 3
- Elections 85
- Embargo 17
- Emergency legislation 6
- Entry / Exit 1
- Enxet 1
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 1
- Eritreans 1
- Ethiopians 1
- Ethnic cleansing 3
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 4
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 7
- Expulsion 7
- Extradition 29
- Extrajudicial executions 186
- Extreme poverty 4
- Falun Gong 3
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 2
- Forced labour 10
- Forced marriage 4
- Forced relocation 13
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 25
- Foreign occupation 20
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 550
- Freedom of assembly and association 688
- Freedom of conscience 173
- Freedom of expression 1,076
- Freedom of information 652
- Freedom of movement 35
- Freedom of religion 78
- Freedom of speech 577
- Gang related violence 4
- Gender discrimination 39
- Gender-based persecution 17
- Generalized violence 5
- Genocide 22
- Good governance 91
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 3
- HIV and AIDS 7
- Haitians 10
- Harmful traditional practices 11
- Hazara 2
- Hindu 1
- Hmong 1
- Honour killings 3
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 179
- Human Rights Council 8
- Human rights activists 754
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 470
- Human rights courts 2
- Human rights law 8
- Human rights monitors 64
- Humanitarian assistance 43
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
- Hutus 4
- IDP camps 13
- Illegal entry 1
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
- Immigrants 1
- Immigration Detention 22
- Immunity 24
- Impunity 269
- Independence of judiciary 19
- Indigenous persons 96
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 171
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 109
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 3
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 3
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 2
- International armed conflict 35
- International courts and tribunals 27
- International criminal law 17
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 40
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Iranians 5
- Jehovah's Witness 1
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 1
- Juvenile justice system 14
- Kachin 2
- Karen 1
- Kurd 42
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2
- Laws relating to religion 3
- Legal representation / Legal aid 16
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 142
- Livelihoods 5
- Mapuche 2
- Maternal and child health care 17
- Medical screening 4
- Mental health 2
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Migrant rights 46
- Migrants 72
- Military courts 63
- Military law 18
- Military operations 48
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 18
- Minorities 29
- Minority rights 19
- Mongols 1
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 34
- National security / Public order 18
- Non-refoulement 11
- Non-state agents of persecution 6
- Nuba 1
- Older persons 4
- One-child policy / Family planning 1
- Opposition 188
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 67
- Papuans 4
- Peace agreements 9
- Peace process 7
- Peacekeeping 21
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 12
- Persecution based on political opinion 290
- Persecution of family members 4
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 79
- Persons not in need of international protection 1
- Persons with disabilities 4
- Physical harm 1
- Piracy 1
- Poles 1
- Police 164
- Political groups 59
- Political parties 111
- Political situation 369
- Polygamy 1
- Pre-trial detention 32
- Presbyterian 1
- Prevention of discrimination 5
- Prison or detention conditions 246
- Prisoners of war 1
- Property restitution 10
- Prosecution vs persecution 16
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 3
- Protection of camps 4
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 153
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 198
- Public health 11
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 15
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 10
- Ratification 1
- Reception 7
- Reconciliation 10
- Referendum 5
- Refoulement 5
- Refugee / Asylum law 2
- Refugee camps 22
- Refugee identity documents 1
- Refugee seamen 8
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
- Refugees 107
- Registration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 6
- Rejection at border 1
- Religious discrimination 34
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 21
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 5
- Resettlement 7
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 3
- Returnees 4
- Right to a nationality 8
- Right to education 27
- Right to employment 2
- Right to family life 4
- Right to food 12
- Right to health 38
- Right to justice 70
- Right to leave 1
- Right to liberty and security 5
- Right to life 26
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to seek asylum 17
- Right to self-determination 6
- Rights of non-citizens 1
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 4
- Roma 66
- Romanians 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 207
- SGBV 86
- Sabean Mandean 1
- Saharawis 6
- Security forces 292
- Security situation 504
- Serb 1
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 24
- Sharia law 6
- Shia 44
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 9
- Smuggling of persons 3
- Social group discrimination 18
- Social group persecution 4
- Somalis 9
- Standard of proof 1
- State of emergency 21
- State protection 8
- Statelessness 11
- Sufi 1
- Sunni 14
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
- Tamil 15
- Tatars 4
- Terrorism 99
- Threats / Intimidation 20
- Tibetan 12
- Torture 132
- Trafficking in persons 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 15
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 3
- Tuareg 1
- Tutsis 3
- Uighur 31
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 6
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 7
- Uzbek 7
- War crimes 122
- Witchcraft 1
- Witnesses 2
- Women's rights 158
- Women-at-risk 49
- Yazīdī 2
- Zoroastrian 1
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