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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- Ukraine 1,240
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- Yemen 135
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- Armenian 18
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- Civil war 94
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- False documents 8
- Family reunification 1
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- Forced sterilization / Abortion 2
- Foreign occupation 45
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 73
- Freedom of assembly and association 150
- Freedom of conscience 16
- Freedom of expression 1,075
- Freedom of information 264
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- Freedom of religion 168
- Freedom of speech 58
- Gagauz 4
- Gang related violence 8
- Gender discrimination 21
- Gender-based persecution 3
- Generalized violence 15
- Genocide 44
- Germans 2
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- HIV and AIDS 14
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- Hazara 6
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- Hindu 3
- Honour killings 19
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- Human rights activists 511
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- Humanitarian assistance 45
- Hungarians 2
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- Immigrants 6
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- Immunity 4
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- Independence of judiciary 30
- Ingush 75
- Integration 1
- Internal armed conflict 891
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 32
- International armed conflict 12
- International courts and tribunals 63
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Iranians 6
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- Jew 26
- Jurisdiction 1
- Juvenile justice system 23
- Kabards 6
- Kashmiris 14
- Kazakhs 6
- Khakass 4
- Kosovar 145
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- Kurd 182
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- Legal representation / Legal aid 3
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 157
- Malays 1
- Mass exodus 5
- Maternal and child health care 4
- Mental health 6
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- Mercenaries 4
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- Migrants 73
- Military courts 18
- Military operations 581
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 47
- Minorities 151
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- Muslim 235
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- Naturalization 3
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- Non-self-governing territories 14
- Older persons 1
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- Opposition 1,312
- Orthodox Christian 50
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- Palestinian 14
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- Peace process 277
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- Persecution based on nationality 2
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- Persecution of family members 37
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 24
- Persons with disabilities 6
- Piracy 7
- Poles 11
- Police 369
- Political asylum 26
- Political groups 18
- Political parties 115
- Political situation 146
- Polygamy 5
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2
- Pre-trial detention 66
- Presbyterian 3
- Prevention of discrimination 7
- Prison or detention conditions 153
- Prisoners of war 63
- Property restitution 1
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 5
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 118
- Protestant 2
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 422
- Public health 64
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 27
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Reconciliation 20
- Referendum 40
- Refugee / Asylum law 1
- Refugee camps 15
- Refugees 48
- Registration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 3
- Rejection at border 3
- Religious discrimination 32
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 41
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 6
- Resettlement 6
- Residence permits / Residency 5
- Return conditions 3
- Returnees 7
- Right to education 34
- Right to employment 41
- Right to food 7
- Right to health 3
- Right to justice 3
- Right to return 1
- Right to self-determination 13
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 1
- Roma 13
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 33
- Russians 24
- SGBV 78
- Salafi 3
- Sale of children 7
- Sanctions 183
- Scientologist 2
- Security forces 119
- Security situation 290
- Serb 42
- Serious non-political crime 33
- Sexual and reproductive rights 18
- Shabak 2
- Shamanism 1
- Sharia law 4
- Shia 99
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- Single heads of household 1
- Slavs 1
- Small arms 23
- Smuggling of persons 8
- Spontaneous return 2
- State of emergency 12
- Sufi 14
- Sunni 92
- Tajik 16
- Talysh 3
- Tatars 116
- Temporary admission 5
- Terrorism 1,127
- Threats / Intimidation 26
- Tibetan 7
- Torture 91
- Trafficking in persons 17
- Transit 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 25
- Travel documents 3
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 2
- Turkmen 6
- Turks 4
- Uighur 55
- Ukrainians 5
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
- Uzbek 63
- Visas 32
- Voluntary repatriation 4
- War crimes 92
- Withdrawal of nationality 5
- Witnesses 9
- Women's rights 120
- Women-at-risk 7
- Work permits 2
- Yazīdī 16
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