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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 372
- Albania 7
- Algeria 25
- American Samoa 2
- Angola 16
- Anguilla 1
- Argentina 5
- Armenia 5
- Australia 15
- Austria 14
- Azerbaijan 15
- Bahamas 1
- Bahrain 56
- Bangladesh 38
- Barbados 1
- Belarus 21
- Belgium 2
- Belize 4
- Benin 12
- Bermuda 1
- Bhutan 4
- Bolivia 6
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 48
- Botswana 4
- Brazil 24
- Brunei Darussalam 1
- Bulgaria 14
- Burkina Faso 45
- Burundi 136
- Cambodia 90
- Cameroon 66
- Canada 5
- Cape Verde 1
- Cayman Islands 1
- Central African Republic 355
- Chad 112
- Chile 6
- China 40
- Colombia 74
- Comoros 6
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 514
- Congo, Republic of the 37
- Costa Rica 2
- Croatia 26
- Cuba 4
- Cyprus 29
- Czech Republic 2
- Côte d'Ivoire 189
- Denmark 2
- Djibouti 11
- Dominican Republic 10
- Ecuador 11
- Egypt 151
- El Salvador 12
- Equatorial Guinea 5
- Eritrea 48
- Estonia 1
- Ethiopia 60
- Falkland Islands 1
- Fiji 4
- Finland 3
- France 6
- Gabon 7
- Gambia 15
- Georgia 22
- Germany 16
- Ghana 9
- Greece 70
- Greenland 1
- Guatemala 29
- Guinea 53
- Guinea-Bissau 64
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 110
- Honduras 35
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 1
- Hungary 21
- Iceland 2
- India 38
- Indonesia 14
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 93
- Iraq 505
- Ireland 2
- Israel 312
- Italy 39
- Jamaica 2
- Japan 7
- Jordan 81
- Kazakhstan 8
- Kenya 112
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 49
- Korea, Republic of 11
- Kuwait 5
- Kyrgyzstan 24
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 10
- Latvia 2
- Lebanon 203
- Lesotho 4
- Liberia 85
- Libya 387
- Lithuania 1
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 1
- Madagascar 13
- Malawi 17
- Malaysia 20
- Maldives 24
- Mali 235
- Malta 9
- Mauritania 29
- Mauritius 1
- Mexico 45
- Moldova, Republic of 7
- Mongolia 5
- Montenegro 4
- Montserrat 1
- Morocco 20
- Mozambique 13
- Myanmar 168
- Namibia 3
- Nauru 3
- Nepal 116
- Netherlands 1
- New Caledonia 1
- New Zealand 2
- Nicaragua 2
- Niger 78
- Nigeria 176
- Norway 6
- Oman 1
- Pakistan 127
- Palestine, State of 388
- Panama 5
- Papua New Guinea 13
- Paraguay 7
- Peru 7
- Philippines 45
- Poland 3
- Portugal 1
- Qatar 5
- Romania 3
- Russian Federation 41
- Rwanda 69
- Saudi Arabia 30
- Senegal 21
- Serbia 106
- Sierra Leone 39
- Singapore 2
- Slovakia 3
- Slovenia 14
- Solomon Islands 2
- Somalia 465
- South Africa 19
- South Sudan 435
- Spain 7
- Sri Lanka 93
- Sudan 519
- Suriname 4
- Swaziland 1
- Sweden 10
- Switzerland 3
- Syrian Arab Republic 985
- Tajikistan 10
- Tanzania, United Republic of 33
- Thailand 49
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 38
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 34
- Togo 9
- Tokelau 1
- Tunisia 44
- Turkey 115
- Turkmenistan 3
- Turks and Caicos Islands 1
- U.S. Virgin Islands 1
- Uganda 75
- Ukraine 145
- United Arab Emirates 4
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7
- United States of America 16
- Uruguay 2
- Uzbekistan 4
- Vanuatu 1
- Venezuela 32
- Viet Nam 14
- Western Sahara Territory 20
- Yemen 348
- Zambia 12
- Zimbabwe 28
- 1951 Refugee Convention 4
- Abduction 102
- Abkhazians 1
- Access to procedures 3
- Access to water 44
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 3
- Administrative courts 1
- Adoption 7
- Africans 2
- Afro-Colombians 3
- Age discrimination 1
- Ahmadis 4
- Ahwazi 1
- Airports 1
- Alawi 3
- Albanians 8
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 13
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 14
- Apartheid 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 1
- Arabs 7
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 139
- Armed attacks on camps 43
- Armed forces / Military 199
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 386
- Armenian 3
- Arrival 6
- Ashkaelian 1
- Assamese 1
- Assyrians 1
- Asylum policy 7
- Asylum-migration nexus 15
- Asylum-seekers 123
- Awá 1
- Baha'i 2
- Banyamulenge 1
- Banyarwanda 1
- Baptist 1
- Bedoon 7
- Belarusians 1
- Berti 1
- Border conflict 143
- Border controls 22
- Border crossers 18
- Bosnian 4
- Buddhist 33
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 22
- Camp management 10
- Capacity building of state institutions 3
- Catholic 5
- Ceasefire 223
- Cessation clauses 1
- Changes of circumstances in home country 1
- Child labour 10
- Child prostitution 9
- Child soldiers 113
- Children's rights 249
- Children-at-risk 245
- Chin 1
- Chinese 2
- Christian 83
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 109
- Civil war 149
- Civilian character of asylum 1
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 4
- Combatants / Former combatants 56
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 153
- Community development 6
- Conflict prevention 96
- Conflict resolution 456
- Conflict situation 585
- Constitutional law 7
- Contemporary forms of slavery 13
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 3
- Copts 7
- Corruption 24
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Coup d'état 42
- Crime prevention 5
- Crimean Tatars 1
- Crimean Tatars 2
- Crimes against humanity 148
- Crimes against peace 2
- Criminal justice 112
- Dalit 4
- Darfuri 5
- Death in custody 10
- Death penalty 110
- Death squads 4
- Demobilization / Disarmament 91
- Democracy 112
- Denial of nationality 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 35
- Dinka 3
- Diplomatic protection 3
- Disappeared persons 58
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 55
- Domestic violence 10
- Drug trafficking 21
- Druze 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 71
- Effective protection 3
- Effective remedy 102
- Egyptians 2
- Election law 12
- Elections 553
- Embargo 23
- Emigrants 2
- Equal opportunities 3
- Eritreans 11
- Ethiopians 8
- Ethnic cleansing 5
- Evacuation 7
- Evangelical 3
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 2
- Exclusion clauses 1
- Exiles 27
- Expulsion 14
- Extradition 3
- Extrajudicial executions 238
- Extreme poverty 37
- Family reunification 12
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 2
- Filipinos 3
- Flight by land, air or sea 17
- Forced labour 13
- Forced marriage 7
- Forced relocation 3
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 6
- Foreign occupation 73
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 158
- Freedom of assembly and association 206
- Freedom of conscience 10
- Freedom of expression 470
- Freedom of information 310
- Freedom of movement 55
- Freedom of religion 61
- Freedom of speech 270
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 5
- Gender discrimination 25
- Gender mainstreaming 7
- Gender-based persecution 27
- Generalized violence 7
- Genocide 75
- Good governance 344
- Good offices 23
- Greeks 1
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 9
- HIV and AIDS 17
- Haitians 5
- Harmful traditional practices 10
- Hazara 3
- Hijacking 2
- Hindu 1
- Hmong 3
- Honour killings 1
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 72
- Human Rights Council 58
- Human rights activists 151
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 383
- Human rights courts 3
- Human rights law 14
- Human rights monitors 45
- Humanitarian assistance 878
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 3
- Hungarians 1
- Hutus 19
- IDP camps 50
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 9
- Immigrants 3
- Immigration Detention 15
- Immunity 15
- Impunity 255
- Independence of judiciary 51
- Indigenous persons 44
- Integration 24
- Internal armed conflict 884
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 861
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 1
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 1
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
- International armed conflict 77
- International courts and tribunals 109
- International criminal law 33
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 134
- International protection 13
- Involuntary repatriation 4
- Iranians 19
- Japanese 2
- Jew 3
- Jurisdiction 1
- Juvenile justice system 7
- Kachin 16
- Kosovar 1
- Kurd 21
- Labour law 2
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 52
- Legal representation / Legal aid 5
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 41
- Livelihoods 33
- Location of camps 2
- Luo 1
- Malinke / Mandingo 1
- Mandate status 1
- Mapuche 2
- Mass exodus 1
- Maternal and child health care 18
- Mbororo 1
- Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 2
- Mental health 11
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 2
- Mercenaries 8
- Migrant rights 10
- Migrants 160
- Military courts 8
- Military law 5
- Military operations 153
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 18
- Minorities 55
- Minority rights 27
- Montagnards 2
- Multiple nationality 1
- Muslim 124
- National security / Public order 35
- Nepalis 1
- Non-refoulement 13
- Non-state agents of persecution 16
- Nuba 1
- Nuer 4
- Older persons 5
- Opposition 137
- Orderly return 7
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 317
- Papuans 1
- Pashtun 1
- Passports 1
- Pastoralists 1
- Peace agreements 331
- Peace process 450
- Peacekeeping 835
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 42
- Persecution based on nationality 2
- Persecution based on political opinion 103
- Persecution of family members 1
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 29
- Persons not in need of international protection 3
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 4
- Persons with disabilities 13
- Piracy 12
- Police 154
- Political groups 62
- Political parties 243
- Political situation 1,319
- Population transfers 2
- Pre-trial detention 10
- Prevention of discrimination 4
- Prison or detention conditions 68
- Prisoners of war 2
- Property restitution 2
- Prosecution vs persecution 4
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 2
- Protection of camps 10
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 594
- Protestant 2
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 89
- Public health 48
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 27
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 8
- Reception 34
- Reconciliation 211
- Referendum 52
- Refugee / Asylum law 5
- Refugee camps 134
- Refugee identity documents 3
- Refugee seamen 36
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 5
- Refugees 836
- Registration 30
- Reintegration 36
- Rejected asylum-seekers 1
- Rejection at border 3
- Religious discrimination 34
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 48
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 13
- Resettlement 52
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 25
- Returnees 74
- Right to a nationality 4
- Right to development 11
- Right to education 83
- Right to employment 11
- Right to family life 5
- Right to food 124
- Right to health 66
- Right to justice 52
- Right to liberty and security 14
- Right to life 18
- Right to registration at birth 3
- Right to return 3
- Right to seek asylum 16
- Right to self-determination 32
- Rights of non-citizens 1
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 40
- Roma 20
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 228
- Russians 2
- Rwandans 3
- SGBV 244
- Sabean Mandean 5
- Saharawis 7
- Salafi 2
- Sale of children 4
- Sami 1
- San Bushmen 1
- Sanctions 57
- Secondary movement 7
- Security forces 279
- Security situation 1,916
- Serb 10
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 9
- Shabak 10
- Shan 9
- Sharia law 6
- Shia 29
- Signatories and Parties 1
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 19
- Smuggling of persons 20
- Social group discrimination 20
- Social group persecution 8
- Somalis 61
- State of emergency 12
- State protection 1
- Statelessness 10
- Sufi 5
- Sunni 12
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 10
- Tajik 2
- Tamil 10
- Tatars 1
- Temporary protection 2
- Terrorism 578
- Threats / Intimidation 6
- Tibetan 3
- Torture 61
- Trafficking in persons 35
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 2
- Transit 13
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 106
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 21
- Tuareg 41
- Turkmen 15
- Turks 1
- Tutsis 13
- Uighur 1
- Ukrainians 2
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 16
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4
- Urban refugees 6
- Urueu-Wau-Wau 1
- Uzbek 8
- Visas 3
- Voluntary repatriation 34
- War crimes 182
- Well-founded fear of persecution 1
- Widowed persons 1
- Witchcraft 5
- Witnesses 5
- Women's rights 104
- Women-at-risk 76
- Work permits 3
- Yazīdī 26
- Zoroastrian 1
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