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 13
- Angola 24
- Argentina 11
- Armenia 4
- Australia 13
- Austria 4
- Azerbaijan 78
- Bahrain 183
- Bangladesh 42
- Barbados 1
- Belarus 52
- Benin 2
- Bolivia 6
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 19
- Botswana 2
- Brazil 51
- Brunei Darussalam 1
- Bulgaria 6
- Burkina Faso 11
- Burundi 18
- Cambodia 41
- Cameroon 18
- Central African Republic 45
- Chad 26
- Chile 19
- China 216
- Colombia 96
- Comoros 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 40
- Congo, Republic of the 11
- Croatia 10
- Cuba 53
- Cyprus 5
- Czech Republic 15
- Côte d'Ivoire 11
- Denmark 3
- Dominican Republic 39
- Ecuador 10
- Egypt 294
- El Salvador 31
- Equatorial Guinea 12
- Eritrea 14
- Ethiopia 35
- Fiji 8
- Finland 1
- France 19
- Gambia 46
- Georgia 14
- Germany 3
- Ghana 6
- Greece 34
- Guatemala 54
- Guinea 10
- Guinea-Bissau 4
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 38
- Honduras 40
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 9
- Hungary 15
- India 82
- Indonesia 73
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 278
- Iraq 114
- Ireland 2
- Israel 123
- Italy 27
- Jamaica 11
- Japan 10
- Jordan 22
- Kazakhstan 12
- Kenya 41
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 23
- Korea, Republic of 21
- Kuwait 20
- Kyrgyzstan 11
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 4
- Latvia 5
- Lebanon 24
- Lesotho 6
- Liberia 1
- Libya 105
- Lithuania 11
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 2
- Madagascar 3
- Malawi 17
- Malaysia 61
- Maldives 18
- Mali 15
- Malta 1
- Mauritania 13
- Mexico 151
- Moldova, Republic of 10
- Mongolia 7
- Montenegro 4
- Morocco 38
- Mozambique 10
- Myanmar 75
- Nauru 3
- Nepal 19
- Netherlands 2
- Nicaragua 10
- Niger 6
- Nigeria 79
- Norway 2
- Oman 14
- Pakistan 84
- Palestine, State of 137
- Panama 4
- Papua New Guinea 20
- Paraguay 21
- Peru 19
- Philippines 31
- Poland 4
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 25
- Romania 14
- Russian Federation 162
- Rwanda 12
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
- Saudi Arabia 153
- Senegal 6
- Serbia 41
- Sierra Leone 17
- Singapore 13
- Slovakia 10
- Slovenia 3
- Somalia 45
- South Africa 28
- South Sudan 27
- Spain 9
- Sri Lanka 93
- Sudan 90
- Suriname 3
- Swaziland 10
- Sweden 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 268
- Tajikistan 13
- Tanzania, United Republic of 3
- Thailand 44
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 12
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 4
- Togo 4
- Trinidad and Tobago 1
- Tunisia 70
- Turkey 81
- Turkmenistan 12
- Uganda 38
- Ukraine 92
- United Arab Emirates 45
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8
- United States of America 12
- Uruguay 5
- Uzbekistan 19
- Venezuela 42
- Viet Nam 30
- Western Sahara Territory 10
- Yemen 96
- Zambia 12
- Zimbabwe 89
- Abduction 91
- Abuse of psychiatry 12
- Access to procedures 16
- Access to water 9
- Acts of persecution 3
- Adivasis 2
- Administrative courts 1
- Africans 9
- Afro-Colombians 1
- Ahmadis 8
- Ahwazi 9
- Alawi 1
- Albanians 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 6
- Amazonian Indians 1
- Anti-terrorism law 28
- Appeal / Right to appeal 21
- Arabs 11
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 816
- Armed attacks on camps 11
- Armed forces / Military 169
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 157
- Armenian 1
- Arrival 1
- Asylum policy 3
- Asylum-migration nexus 11
- Asylum-seekers 82
- Awá 1
- Azeri 1
- Baha'i 7
- Bail 3
- Baluchis 2
- Bedoon 14
- Border conflict 9
- Border controls 10
- Border crossers 10
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 9
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 5
- Camp management 3
- Catholic 2
- Ceasefire 8
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chechen 18
- Child soldiers 11
- Children's rights 44
- Children-at-risk 71
- Christian 25
- Circassians 1
- Civil and political rights 89
- Civil war 22
- Combatants / Former combatants 3
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 30
- Community development 1
- Confidentiality 1
- Conflict prevention 3
- Conflict resolution 66
- Conflict situation 116
- Constitutional law 2
- Contemporary forms of slavery 7
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 5
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention refugee 1
- Copts 5
- Corruption 27
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Coup d'état 16
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimean Tatars 4
- Crimes against humanity 80
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 273
- Czechs 1
- Dalit 1
- Death in custody 58
- Death penalty 449
- Death squads 4
- Demobilization / Disarmament 8
- Democracy 18
- Denial of nationality 2
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 81
- Disappeared persons 195
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 53
- Domestic violence 11
- Drug trafficking 10
- Druze 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 16
- Effective protection 5
- Effective remedy 229
- Egyptians 1
- Election law 3
- Elections 93
- Embargo 18
- 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 8
- Expulsion 8
- Extradition 29
- Extrajudicial executions 208
- Extreme poverty 4
- Falun Gong 3
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 3
- Forced labour 11
- Forced marriage 4
- Forced relocation 13
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 30
- Foreign occupation 22
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 589
- Freedom of assembly and association 748
- Freedom of conscience 176
- Freedom of expression 1,165
- Freedom of information 711
- Freedom of movement 38
- Freedom of religion 79
- Freedom of speech 614
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 5
- Gender discrimination 40
- Gender-based persecution 18
- Generalized violence 5
- Genocide 24
- Good governance 92
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 3
- HIV and AIDS 7
- Haitians 12
- Harmful traditional practices 13
- Hazara 2
- Hindu 1
- Hmong 1
- Honour killings 3
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 182
- Human Rights Council 9
- Human rights activists 826
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 486
- Human rights courts 2
- Human rights law 8
- Human rights monitors 67
- Humanitarian assistance 47
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
- Hutus 4
- IDP camps 13
- Illegal entry 1
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
- Immigrants 2
- Immigration Detention 26
- Immigration control after entry 1
- Immunity 24
- Impunity 293
- Independence of judiciary 21
- Indigenous persons 101
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 191
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 113
- 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 36
- International criminal law 17
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 46
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Iranians 6
- Jehovah's Witness 1
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 1
- Juvenile justice system 16
- Kachin 2
- Karen 1
- Kurd 44
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2
- Laws relating to religion 3
- Legal representation / Legal aid 17
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 147
- Livelihoods 5
- Mapuche 2
- Maternal and child health care 19
- Medical screening 4
- Mental health 2
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Migrant rights 48
- Migrants 90
- Military courts 64
- Military law 19
- Military operations 64
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 18
- Minorities 29
- Minority rights 20
- Mongols 1
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 38
- National security / Public order 22
- Non-refoulement 12
- Non-state agents of persecution 8
- Nuba 1
- Older persons 4
- One-child policy / Family planning 2
- Opposition 201
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 77
- Papuans 5
- Peace agreements 11
- Peace process 9
- Peacekeeping 24
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 39
- Persecution based on political opinion 350
- Persecution of family members 4
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 83
- Persons not in need of international protection 1
- Persons with disabilities 4
- Physical harm 1
- Piracy 1
- Poles 1
- Police 184
- Political groups 59
- Political parties 119
- Political situation 386
- Polygamy 1
- Pre-trial detention 36
- Presbyterian 1
- Prevention of discrimination 5
- Prison or detention conditions 257
- Prisoners of war 1
- Property restitution 10
- Prosecution vs persecution 16
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 7
- Protection of camps 4
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 178
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 227
- Public health 12
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 15
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 10
- Ratification 1
- Reception 8
- Reconciliation 10
- Referendum 6
- Refoulement 6
- Refugee / Asylum law 4
- Refugee camps 24
- Refugee identity documents 1
- Refugee seamen 11
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
- Refugees 138
- Registration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 8
- Rejection at border 5
- Religious discrimination 36
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 24
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 6
- Resettlement 9
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 3
- Returnees 4
- Right to a nationality 9
- Right to education 28
- Right to employment 2
- Right to family life 4
- Right to food 13
- Right to health 39
- Right to justice 106
- Right to leave 1
- Right to liberty and security 7
- Right to life 31
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to seek asylum 19
- Right to self-determination 7
- Rights of non-citizens 2
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 6
- Roma 66
- Romanians 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 216
- SGBV 101
- Sabean Mandean 1
- Saharawis 6
- Secondary movement 2
- Security forces 309
- Security situation 530
- Serb 1
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 26
- Sharia law 6
- Shia 48
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 11
- Smuggling of persons 3
- Social group discrimination 19
- Social group persecution 7
- Somalis 9
- Standard of proof 1
- State of emergency 24
- State protection 8
- Statelessness 13
- Sufi 1
- Sunni 15
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
- Tamil 16
- Tatars 5
- Terrorism 125
- Threats / Intimidation 20
- Tibetan 12
- Torture 138
- Trafficking in persons 2
- 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 140
- Witchcraft 1
- Witnesses 2
- Women's rights 166
- Women-at-risk 59
- Yazīdī 2
- Zoroastrian 1
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