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 295
- Algeria 5
- Angola 15
- Antigua and Barbuda 1
- Armenia 3
- Australia 17
- Austria 5
- Azerbaijan 3
- Bahrain 2
- Bangladesh 86
- Belgium 2
- Benin 15
- Bhutan 7
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
- Botswana 7
- Brazil 2
- Bulgaria 3
- Burkina Faso 53
- Burundi 104
- Cambodia 41
- Cameroon 51
- Canada 2
- Cape Verde 3
- Central African Republic 119
- Chad 81
- China 11
- Colombia 5
- Comoros 17
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 291
- Congo, Republic of the 35
- Croatia 6
- Cuba 1
- Cyprus 1
- Czech Republic 1
- Côte d'Ivoire 153
- Denmark 5
- Djibouti 8
- Egypt 97
- Equatorial Guinea 1
- Eritrea 14
- Estonia 1
- Ethiopia 62
- Finland 2
- France 5
- Gabon 2
- Gambia 19
- Germany 21
- Ghana 30
- Greece 35
- Guinea 73
- Guinea-Bissau 37
- Hungary 16
- India 11
- Indonesia 69
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 12
- Iraq 241
- Ireland 1
- Israel 107
- Italy 14
- Japan 1
- Jordan 43
- Kazakhstan 2
- Kenya 230
- Kuwait 1
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- Lao People's Democratic Republic 21
- Latvia 1
- Lebanon 68
- Lesotho 5
- Liberia 52
- Libya 72
- Lithuania 1
- Luxembourg 1
- Madagascar 41
- Malawi 19
- Malaysia 11
- Mali 120
- Malta 1
- Mauritania 53
- Mauritius 1
- Monaco 1
- Morocco 3
- Mozambique 20
- Myanmar 225
- Namibia 2
- Nepal 115
- Netherlands 3
- New Zealand 1
- Niger 56
- Nigeria 154
- Norway 5
- Oman 1
- Pakistan 253
- Palestine, State of 164
- Panama 1
- Papua New Guinea 18
- Philippines 117
- Poland 1
- Portugal 1
- Romania 1
- Russian Federation 3
- Rwanda 54
- Saudi Arabia 4
- Senegal 59
- Serbia 15
- Sierra Leone 44
- Slovakia 1
- Slovenia 3
- Somalia 393
- South Africa 132
- South Sudan 137
- Spain 2
- Sri Lanka 191
- Sudan 251
- Swaziland 40
- Sweden 7
- Switzerland 2
- Syrian Arab Republic 208
- Tajikistan 1
- Tanzania, United Republic of 27
- Thailand 76
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 17
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 49
- Togo 21
- Tunisia 5
- Turkey 41
- Turkmenistan 1
- Uganda 153
- Ukraine 6
- United Arab Emirates 2
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8
- United States of America 6
- Uzbekistan 5
- Venezuela 4
- Viet Nam 13
- Western Sahara Territory 1
- Yemen 245
- Zambia 24
- Zimbabwe 211
- Abduction 43
- Abuse of psychiatry 1
- Access to procedures 6
- Access to water 82
- Acholi 1
- Africans 1
- Ahmadis 3
- Alawi 2
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 5
- Aliens 4
- Anti-terrorism law 4
- Arabs 15
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 46
- Armed attacks on camps 14
- Armed forces / Military 180
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 327
- Armenian 1
- Arrival 2
- Assyrians 2
- Asylum policy 9
- Asylum-migration nexus 18
- Asylum-seekers 133
- Baha'i 1
- Bail 1
- Baluchis 2
- Bantu 2
- Batwa 1
- Bedoon 6
- Bengalis 7
- Berber 1
- Bihari 4
- Blood feuds 1
- Border conflict 80
- Border controls 29
- Border crossers 30
- Buddhist 23
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 5
- Camp management 15
- Capacity building of state institutions 2
- Catholic 4
- Ceasefire 51
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chakma 1
- Chaldean 2
- Cham 1
- Child labour 49
- Child prostitution 17
- Child soldiers 65
- Children's rights 250
- Children-at-risk 222
- Chin 15
- Chinese 2
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 6
- Christian 58
- Circassians 1
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 19
- Civil war 63
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 14
- Combatants / Former combatants 115
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 139
- Community development 2
- Complementary forms of protection 1
- Conflict prevention 15
- Conflict resolution 226
- Conflict situation 573
- Constitutional law 3
- Contemporary forms of slavery 11
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
- Copts 3
- Corruption 56
- Coup d'état 30
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimes against humanity 21
- Crimes against peace 2
- Criminal justice 30
- Dalit 1
- Death in custody 2
- Death penalty 8
- Death squads 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 96
- Democracy 16
- Denial of nationality 2
- Deportation / Forcible return 65
- Dinka 3
- Diplomatic assurances 1
- Disappeared persons 28
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 63
- Domestic violence 35
- Drug trafficking 20
- Druze 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 71
- Effective protection 1
- Effective remedy 37
- Egyptians 1
- Election law 3
- Elections 230
- Embargo 13
- Emergency legislation 2
- Emigrants 6
- Endorois 1
- Entry / Exit 2
- Equal opportunities 10
- Equality before the law 1
- Eritreans 5
- Ethiopians 15
- Ethnic cleansing 2
- Evacuation 4
- Exiles 2
- Expulsion 3
- Extrajudicial executions 37
- Extreme poverty 78
- Family law 2
- Family reunification 4
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 33
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 4
- Forced labour 16
- Forced marriage 26
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 8
- Foreign occupation 29
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 47
- Freedom of assembly and association 37
- Freedom of conscience 1
- Freedom of expression 44
- Freedom of information 32
- Freedom of movement 25
- Freedom of religion 18
- Freedom of speech 25
- Fulani 2
- Fur 1
- Gaboye 1
- Gang related violence 2
- Gender discrimination 43
- Gender mainstreaming 9
- Gender-based persecution 17
- Generalized violence 5
- Genocide 15
- Good governance 334
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 6
- Group / Prima facie determination 1
- HIV and AIDS 87
- Haitians 1
- Han 1
- Harmful traditional practices 35
- Hazara 4
- Hema 1
- Hijacking 2
- Hindu 6
- Hmong 3
- Honour killings 7
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 119
- Human rights activists 36
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 80
- Human rights courts 1
- Human rights law 3
- Human rights monitors 4
- Humanitarian assistance 360
- Hutus 8
- IDP camps 133
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 35
- Illegitimate children 1
- Immigrants 11
- Immigration Detention 17
- Immigration control after entry 1
- Immunity 2
- Impunity 82
- Income-generating projects 1
- Independence of judiciary 6
- Indigenous persons 24
- Integration 22
- Internal armed conflict 378
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 997
- International armed conflict 47
- International courts and tribunals 17
- International criminal law 8
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 9
- International protection 2
- Involuntary repatriation 6
- Iranians 1
- Jew 9
- Juvenile justice system 4
- Kachin 22
- Karen 13
- Khmer 1
- Kuchi 3
- Kurd 16
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 93
- Laws relating to religion 2
- Legal representation / Legal aid 1
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 16
- Livelihoods 106
- Location of camps 1
- Luo 1
- Maasai 1
- Malinke / Mandingo 1
- Mass exodus 7
- Massaleit 1
- Maternal and child health care 100
- Melanesians 1
- Mende 1
- Mental harm 1
- Mental health 32
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Mercenaries 2
- Merina 1
- Migrant rights 42
- Migrants 199
- Military law 4
- Military operations 113
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 17
- Minorities 75
- Minority rights 19
- Mon 6
- Montagnards 2
- Moros 1
- Muslim 143
- National security / Public order 5
- Nepalis 1
- Nomads 3
- Non-state agents of persecution 2
- Nuer 1
- Ogaden 1
- Older persons 8
- One-child policy / Family planning 12
- Opposition 80
- Orderly return 8
- Oromo 3
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 70
- Papuans 7
- Pashtun 3
- Passports 5
- Peace agreements 90
- Peace process 93
- Peacekeeping 63
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 6
- Persecution based on nationality 3
- Persecution based on political opinion 16
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 12
- Persons not in need of international protection 2
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 10
- Persons with disabilities 21
- Piracy 5
- Police 41
- Political groups 84
- Political parties 141
- Political situation 568
- Polygamy 1
- Population transfers 2
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 5
- Pre-trial detention 1
- Prison or detention conditions 41
- Property restitution 7
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 28
- Protection of camps 7
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 122
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 6
- Public health 187
- Punjabis 1
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 24
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 7
- Re-entry 2
- Reception 7
- Reconciliation 80
- Referendum 38
- Refoulement 2
- Refugee / Asylum law 11
- Refugee camps 146
- Refugee identity documents 5
- Refugee seamen 17
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 4
- Refugees 603
- Regional instruments 1
- Registration 12
- Reintegration 38
- Rejected asylum-seekers 3
- Rejection at border 4
- Religious discrimination 19
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 21
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 2
- Resettlement 54
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 105
- Returnees 184
- Right to a nationality 1
- Right to education 166
- Right to employment 19
- Right to family life 2
- Right to food 172
- Right to health 150
- Right to justice 22
- Right to liberty and security 1
- Right to life 9
- Right to registration at birth 9
- Right to return 9
- Right to seek asylum 7
- Right to self-determination 13
- Rights of non-citizens 5
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 79
- Roma 2
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 51
- Russians 1
- Rwandans 2
- SGBV 166
- Sabean Mandean 3
- Safe country of origin 1
- Safe third country 1
- Salafi 8
- Sale of children 14
- Sanctions 8
- Secondary movement 6
- Security forces 117
- Security situation 1,194
- Serious non-political crime 1
- Sexual and reproductive rights 22
- Shabak 2
- Shan 8
- Sharia law 9
- Shia 41
- Sikh 1
- Single heads of household 1
- Sinhalese 4
- Small arms 21
- Smuggling of persons 22
- Social group discrimination 18
- Social group persecution 5
- Somalis 65
- Spontaneous return 3
- State of emergency 6
- State protection 3
- Statelessness 15
- Sufi 3
- Sunni 24
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 8
- Tajik 1
- Tamil 50
- Temporary protection 2
- Terrorism 172
- Threats / Intimidation 2
- Tibetan 2
- Torture 7
- Trafficking in persons 95
- Transit 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 11
- Travel documents 1
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 6
- Tuareg 24
- Turkmen 8
- Tutsis 8
- Uighur 3
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 22
- Urban refugees 11
- Uzbek 9
- Vietnamese 2
- Visas 4
- Voluntary repatriation 47
- War crimes 43
- Well-founded fear of persecution 2
- Widowed persons 2
- Witchcraft 1
- Witnesses 1
- Women's rights 133
- Women-at-risk 85
- Work permits 3
- Yazīdī 5
- Zulus 1
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