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 106
- Albania 7
- Algeria 22
- Angola 29
- Argentina 3
- Armenia 13
- Australia 11
- Austria 2
- Azerbaijan 67
- Bahrain 107
- Bangladesh 81
- Belarus 16
- Belgium 3
- Bhutan 1
- Bolivia 7
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 16
- Botswana 1
- Brazil 24
- Bulgaria 4
- Burundi 41
- Cambodia 96
- Cameroon 15
- Canada 2
- Cayman Islands 1
- Central African Republic 36
- Chad 26
- Chile 5
- China 203
- Colombia 28
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 97
- Congo, Republic of the 1
- Costa Rica 1
- Croatia 8
- Cuba 9
- Côte d'Ivoire 42
- Denmark 1
- Djibouti 1
- Dominican Republic 2
- Ecuador 15
- Egypt 209
- El Salvador 2
- Equatorial Guinea 20
- Eritrea 22
- Ethiopia 48
- Fiji 7
- France 6
- Gambia 6
- Georgia 23
- Germany 2
- Ghana 5
- Greece 25
- Guatemala 2
- Guinea 30
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 6
- Honduras 30
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 11
- Hungary 14
- India 91
- Indonesia 80
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 152
- Iraq 127
- Ireland 2
- Israel 128
- Italy 14
- Jamaica 6
- Japan 1
- Jordan 51
- Kazakhstan 45
- Kenya 75
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 27
- Korea, Republic of 5
- Kuwait 50
- Kyrgyzstan 50
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 16
- Lebanon 55
- Liberia 7
- Libya 167
- Liechtenstein 1
- Lithuania 5
- Malawi 8
- Malaysia 71
- Mali 23
- Mauritania 1
- Mexico 30
- Moldova, Republic of 3
- Mongolia 2
- Montenegro 1
- Morocco 68
- Mozambique 1
- Myanmar 117
- Nepal 43
- Netherlands 2
- Nicaragua 2
- Niger 2
- Nigeria 42
- Norway 1
- Oman 10
- Pakistan 73
- Palestine, State of 108
- Panama 1
- Papua New Guinea 7
- Peru 15
- Philippines 61
- Poland 3
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 6
- Romania 1
- Russian Federation 230
- Rwanda 33
- Saudi Arabia 133
- Senegal 30
- Serbia 26
- Sierra Leone 7
- Singapore 21
- Slovakia 1
- Slovenia 3
- Somalia 52
- South Africa 22
- South Sudan 32
- Spain 5
- Sri Lanka 91
- Sudan 95
- Suriname 1
- Swaziland 2
- Sweden 2
- Switzerland 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 231
- Tajikistan 21
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2
- Thailand 161
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 6
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 1
- Tunisia 95
- Turkey 74
- Turkmenistan 33
- Uganda 64
- Ukraine 46
- United Arab Emirates 60
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3
- United States of America 16
- Uruguay 4
- Uzbekistan 71
- Venezuela 32
- Viet Nam 73
- Western Sahara Territory 10
- Yemen 124
- Zambia 6
- Zimbabwe 43
- Abduction 65
- 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
- Airports 1
- Alawi 2
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 40
- Appeal / Right to appeal 8
- Arabs 11
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 624
- Armed attacks on camps 6
- Armed forces / Military 214
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 226
- Armenian 1
- Arrival 1
- Assemblies of God 1
- Asylum policy 5
- Asylum-migration nexus 6
- Asylum-seekers 104
- Atheist / Agnostic 1
- Awá 2
- Azeri 2
- Baha'i 4
- Bail 3
- Banyamulenge 1
- Batwa 1
- Bedoon 9
- Bengalis 1
- Berber 2
- Border conflict 11
- Border controls 13
- Border crossers 11
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 19
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 3
- Cabinda 1
- Catholic 5
- Ceasefire 8
- Chaldean 1
- Chechen 13
- Child labour 19
- Child soldiers 31
- Children's rights 76
- Children-at-risk 67
- Chinese 2
- Christian 31
- Citizenship / Nationality law 6
- Civil and political rights 186
- Civil war 28
- Combatants / Former combatants 11
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 47
- Conflict resolution 115
- Conflict situation 136
- Confucianist 1
- Constitutional law 5
- Contemporary forms of slavery 4
- 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 51
- Country of origin information (COI) 3
- Coup d'état 17
- Crimean Tatars 4
- Crimes against humanity 95
- Criminal justice 259
- Croats 3
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
- Dalit 3
- Darfuri 1
- Death in custody 48
- Death penalty 148
- Death squads 11
- Demobilization / Disarmament 16
- Democracy 24
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 87
- Dinka 2
- Disappeared persons 168
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 62
- Domestic violence 17
- Drug trafficking 14
- Economic, social and cultural rights 19
- Effective protection 2
- Effective remedy 189
- Egyptians 3
- Election law 5
- Elections 145
- Embargo 5
- Emergency legislation 5
- Entry / Exit 3
- Equal opportunities 7
- Equality before the law 9
- Eritreans 13
- Ethiopians 4
- Ethnic cleansing 4
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Exclusion clauses 2
- Exiles 7
- Expedited procedures 3
- Expulsion 8
- Extradition 26
- Extrajudicial executions 196
- Extreme poverty 4
- Falun Gong 1
- Family law 3
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 5
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 5
- Forced labour 32
- Forced marriage 9
- Forced relocation 2
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 7
- Foreign occupation 23
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 373
- Freedom of assembly and association 669
- Freedom of conscience 25
- Freedom of expression 1,035
- Freedom of information 702
- Freedom of movement 68
- Freedom of religion 100
- Freedom of speech 619
- Gang related violence 4
- Gender discrimination 40
- Gender mainstreaming 1
- Gender-based persecution 23
- Generalized violence 3
- Genocide 14
- Good governance 167
- 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 4
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 68
- Human Rights Council 33
- Human rights activists 644
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 490
- Human rights courts 3
- Human rights law 17
- Human rights monitors 70
- Humanitarian assistance 38
- Hutus 2
- IDP camps 4
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 7
- Immigrants 10
- Immigration Detention 31
- Immigration control after entry 2
- Immigration law 2
- Immunity 20
- Impunity 310
- Independence of judiciary 63
- Indians 2
- Indigenous persons 10
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 216
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 77
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 2
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 5
- International armed conflict 30
- International courts and tribunals 77
- International criminal law 32
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 43
- Involuntary repatriation 2
- Iranians 2
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 3
- Juvenile justice system 11
- Kachin 7
- Karen 3
- Khmer 1
- Kosovar 2
- Kurd 50
- Labour law 9
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 27
- Laws relating to religion 7
- Legal representation / Legal aid 12
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 175
- 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 6
- Meskhetians 1
- Migrant rights 44
- Migrants 115
- Military courts 55
- Military law 40
- Military operations 90
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 11
- Minorities 53
- Minority rights 23
- Montagnards 2
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 117
- National security / Public order 39
- Nomads 1
- Non-refoulement 15
- Non-state agents of persecution 8
- Nuba 1
- Nuer 3
- One-child policy / Family planning 1
- Opposition 214
- Orderly return 1
- Oromo 4
- Palestinian 64
- Papuans 6
- Passports 7
- Peace agreements 15
- Peace process 11
- Peacekeeping 23
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 33
- Persecution based on political opinion 372
- Persecution of family members 3
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 100
- Persons not in need of international protection 2
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
- Persons with disabilities 27
- Police 191
- Political asylum 1
- Political groups 88
- Political parties 190
- Political situation 575
- Population transfers 1
- Pre-trial detention 36
- Prevention of discrimination 4
- Prison or detention conditions 183
- 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 211
- Protestant 1
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 199
- Public health 19
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 30
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 7
- Ratification 1
- Reception 6
- Reconciliation 24
- Referendum 12
- Refoulement 14
- Refugee / Asylum law 7
- Refugee camps 10
- Refugee identity documents 1
- Refugee seamen 14
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
- Refugees 139
- Refugees sur place 4
- Registration 2
- Rejected asylum-seekers 7
- Rejection at border 14
- Religious discrimination 48
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 33
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 4
- Resettlement 4
- Residence permits / Residency 5
- Return conditions 7
- Returnees 4
- Right to a nationality 2
- Right to education 29
- Right to employment 10
- Right to family life 5
- Right to food 8
- Right to health 30
- Right to justice 97
- Right to leave 4
- Right to liberty and security 6
- Right to life 15
- Right to return 4
- Right to seek asylum 36
- Right to self-determination 14
- Rights of non-citizens 4
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 36
- Roma 9
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 346
- Russians 3
- SGBV 84
- Safe third country 3
- Saharawis 6
- Salafi 3
- Sanctions 8
- Secondary movement 3
- Security forces 433
- Security situation 647
- Serb 4
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 12
- Shabak 1
- Shan 1
- Sharia law 15
- Shia 37
- Sikh 4
- Small arms 2
- Smuggling of persons 5
- Social group discrimination 17
- Social group persecution 3
- Somalis 14
- State of emergency 18
- State protection 5
- Statelessness 13
- Sufi 5
- Sunni 15
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
- Tajik 1
- Tamil 24
- Tatars 4
- Temporary admission 1
- Temporary protection 2
- Terrorism 165
- Threats / Intimidation 4
- Tibetan 23
- Torture 64
- Trafficking in persons 17
- Transit 2
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 36
- Travel documents 2
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 5
- Tuareg 5
- Turkmen 2
- Turks 1
- Tutsis 1
- Uighur 25
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 9
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 22
- Uzbek 21
- Visas 5
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- War crimes 172
- Well-founded fear of persecution 3
- Witnesses 8
- Women's rights 135
- Women-at-risk 37
- Work permits 2
- Yazīdī 5
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