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 305
- Algeria 6
- Angola 15
- Antigua and Barbuda 1
- Armenia 3
- Australia 17
- Austria 5
- Azerbaijan 3
- Bahrain 2
- Bangladesh 87
- Belgium 2
- Benin 15
- Bhutan 8
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
- Botswana 7
- Brazil 4
- Bulgaria 3
- Burkina Faso 53
- Burundi 107
- Cambodia 41
- Cameroon 55
- Canada 3
- Cape Verde 3
- Central African Republic 126
- Chad 83
- China 14
- Colombia 9
- Comoros 17
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 295
- Congo, Republic of the 35
- Croatia 7
- Cuba 1
- Cyprus 1
- Czech Republic 1
- Côte d'Ivoire 153
- Denmark 5
- Djibouti 9
- Egypt 98
- El Salvador 4
- Equatorial Guinea 1
- Eritrea 16
- Estonia 1
- Ethiopia 66
- Finland 2
- France 6
- Gabon 2
- Gambia 23
- Germany 23
- Ghana 30
- Greece 39
- Guatemala 3
- Guinea 74
- Guinea-Bissau 37
- Haiti 2
- Honduras 3
- Hungary 16
- India 11
- Indonesia 70
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- Iraq 251
- Ireland 1
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- Italy 17
- Japan 1
- Jordan 44
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- Kenya 234
- Kiribati 1
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- Kuwait 1
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- Latvia 1
- Lebanon 71
- Lesotho 5
- Liberia 52
- Libya 77
- Lithuania 1
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- Madagascar 41
- Malawi 19
- Malaysia 11
- Mali 120
- Malta 1
- Mauritania 54
- Mauritius 1
- Mexico 1
- Monaco 1
- Morocco 3
- Mozambique 20
- Myanmar 233
- Namibia 2
- Nepal 116
- Netherlands 3
- New Zealand 1
- Nicaragua 1
- Niger 58
- Nigeria 161
- Norway 5
- Oman 1
- Pakistan 264
- Palestine, State of 164
- Panama 1
- Papua New Guinea 18
- Philippines 119
- Poland 1
- Portugal 1
- Romania 1
- Russian Federation 3
- Rwanda 55
- Saudi Arabia 5
- Senegal 59
- Serbia 16
- Sierra Leone 44
- Slovakia 1
- Slovenia 3
- Somalia 398
- South Africa 132
- South Sudan 151
- Spain 2
- Sri Lanka 191
- Sudan 255
- Swaziland 40
- Sweden 7
- Switzerland 2
- Syrian Arab Republic 224
- Tajikistan 1
- Tanzania, United Republic of 27
- Thailand 77
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 18
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 49
- Togo 21
- Tunisia 5
- Turkey 46
- Turkmenistan 1
- Uganda 158
- Ukraine 7
- United Arab Emirates 2
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8
- United States of America 8
- Uzbekistan 5
- Venezuela 6
- Viet Nam 14
- Western Sahara Territory 1
- Yemen 250
- Zambia 24
- Zimbabwe 213
- Abduction 44
- Abuse of psychiatry 1
- Access to procedures 6
- Access to water 84
- Acholi 1
- Africans 1
- Ahmadis 3
- Alawi 2
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 5
- Aliens 4
- Amhara 1
- Anti-terrorism law 4
- Arabs 15
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 48
- Armed attacks on camps 16
- Armed forces / Military 186
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 350
- Armenian 1
- Arrival 2
- Assyrians 2
- Asylum policy 9
- Asylum-migration nexus 22
- Asylum-seekers 136
- Baha'i 1
- Bail 1
- Baluchis 2
- Bantu 2
- Batwa 1
- Bedoon 6
- Bengalis 7
- Berber 1
- Bihari 4
- Blood feuds 1
- Border conflict 81
- Border controls 30
- Border crossers 31
- Buddhist 27
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 6
- Camp management 15
- Capacity building of state institutions 2
- Catholic 4
- Ceasefire 53
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chakma 1
- Chaldean 2
- Cham 1
- Child labour 49
- Child prostitution 17
- Child soldiers 66
- Children's rights 254
- Children-at-risk 231
- Chin 15
- Chinese 2
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 6
- Christian 61
- Circassians 1
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 22
- Civil war 75
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 15
- Combatants / Former combatants 117
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 152
- Community development 2
- Complementary forms of protection 1
- Conflict prevention 18
- Conflict resolution 237
- Conflict situation 578
- Constitutional law 3
- Contemporary forms of slavery 11
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
- Copts 3
- Corruption 57
- Coup d'état 32
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimes against humanity 22
- Crimes against peace 2
- Criminal justice 30
- Dalit 1
- Death in custody 2
- Death penalty 8
- Death squads 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 101
- Democracy 16
- Denial of nationality 2
- Deportation / Forcible return 71
- Dinka 6
- Diplomatic assurances 1
- Disappeared persons 28
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 66
- Domestic violence 35
- Drug trafficking 20
- Druze 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 72
- Effective protection 1
- Effective remedy 37
- Egyptians 1
- Election law 3
- Elections 233
- 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 6
- Exiles 2
- Expulsion 3
- Extrajudicial executions 39
- Extreme poverty 81
- Family law 2
- Family reunification 5
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 33
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 7
- Forced labour 16
- Forced marriage 28
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 8
- Foreign occupation 29
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 49
- Freedom of assembly and association 41
- Freedom of conscience 1
- Freedom of expression 47
- Freedom of information 33
- Freedom of movement 27
- Freedom of religion 19
- Freedom of speech 25
- Fulani 2
- Fur 1
- Gaboye 1
- Gang related violence 6
- Gender discrimination 43
- Gender mainstreaming 9
- Gender-based persecution 17
- Generalized violence 7
- Genocide 18
- Good governance 335
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 6
- Group / Prima facie determination 1
- HIV and AIDS 88
- Haitians 2
- Han 1
- Harmful traditional practices 35
- Hazara 4
- Hema 1
- Hijacking 2
- Hindu 7
- Hmong 3
- Honour killings 7
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 122
- Human rights activists 36
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 80
- Human rights courts 1
- Human rights law 3
- Human rights monitors 5
- Humanitarian assistance 378
- Hutus 8
- IDP camps 134
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 36
- Illegitimate children 1
- Immigrants 11
- Immigration Detention 17
- Immigration control after entry 1
- Immunity 4
- Impunity 83
- Income-generating projects 1
- Independence of judiciary 6
- Indigenous persons 25
- Integration 23
- Internal armed conflict 400
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1,013
- International armed conflict 47
- International courts and tribunals 19
- 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 18
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 94
- Laws relating to religion 2
- Legal representation / Legal aid 1
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 16
- Livelihoods 108
- Location of camps 1
- Luo 1
- Maasai 1
- Malays 1
- Malinke / Mandingo 1
- Mass exodus 7
- Massaleit 1
- Maternal and child health care 101
- Melanesians 1
- Mende 1
- Mental harm 1
- Mental health 34
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Mercenaries 2
- Merina 1
- Migrant rights 43
- Migrants 215
- Military law 4
- Military operations 120
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 17
- Minorities 76
- Minority rights 19
- Mon 6
- Montagnards 2
- Moros 1
- Muslim 157
- National security / Public order 7
- Nepalis 1
- Nomads 3
- Non-state agents of persecution 2
- Nuer 1
- Ogaden 1
- Older persons 9
- One-child policy / Family planning 12
- Opposition 83
- Orderly return 8
- Oromo 5
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 70
- Papuans 8
- Pashtun 4
- Passports 5
- Peace agreements 94
- Peace process 99
- Peacekeeping 68
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 8
- Persecution based on nationality 3
- Persecution based on political opinion 17
- 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 44
- Political groups 84
- Political parties 144
- Political situation 584
- Polygamy 1
- Population transfers 2
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 6
- Pre-trial detention 1
- Prison or detention conditions 44
- Property restitution 7
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 28
- Protection of camps 7
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 130
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 11
- Public health 189
- Punjabis 1
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 26
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 7
- Re-entry 2
- Reception 11
- Reconciliation 83
- Referendum 38
- Refoulement 2
- Refugee / Asylum law 11
- Refugee camps 148
- Refugee identity documents 5
- Refugee seamen 18
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 4
- Refugees 632
- Regional instruments 1
- Registration 12
- Reintegration 41
- Rejected asylum-seekers 3
- Rejection at border 5
- Religious discrimination 21
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 22
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 3
- Resettlement 56
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 108
- Returnees 189
- Right to a nationality 1
- Right to education 168
- Right to employment 19
- Right to family life 2
- Right to food 178
- Right to health 155
- 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 8
- Right to self-determination 15
- Rights of non-citizens 6
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 88
- Roma 2
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 52
- Russians 1
- Rwandans 2
- SGBV 168
- Sabean Mandean 3
- Safe country of origin 1
- Safe third country 1
- Salafi 8
- Sale of children 14
- Sanctions 10
- Secondary movement 7
- Security forces 121
- Security situation 1,215
- Serious non-political crime 1
- Sexual and reproductive rights 22
- Shabak 2
- Shan 8
- Sharia law 9
- Shia 43
- Sikh 1
- Single heads of household 1
- Sinhalese 4
- Small arms 22
- Smuggling of persons 26
- Social group discrimination 18
- Social group persecution 5
- Somalis 68
- Spontaneous return 3
- State of emergency 6
- State protection 3
- Statelessness 15
- Sufi 4
- Sunni 26
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 12
- Tajik 1
- Tamil 50
- Temporary protection 2
- Terrorism 196
- Threats / Intimidation 2
- Tibetan 2
- Torture 7
- Trafficking in persons 99
- 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 26
- Urban refugees 11
- Uzbek 9
- Vietnamese 2
- Visas 4
- Voluntary repatriation 50
- War crimes 44
- 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 6
- Zulus 1
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