Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Country News 114

• Abduction 23
• Abuse of psychiatry 2
• Albanians 6
• Albinism/Persons with Albinism 3
• Anti-terrorism law 9
• Arabs 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 20
• Armed attacks on camps 4
• Armed forces / Military 38
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 63
• Assyrians 2
• Bedoon 2
• Border conflict 13
• Buddhist 5
• Ceasefire 43
• Chechen 5
• Child soldiers 6
• Children's rights 2
• Children-at-risk 8
• Christian 34
• Civil war 8
• Climate change (including environmental migrants) 2
• Combatants / Former combatants 2
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 19
• Conflict resolution 10
• Conflict situation 4
• Corruption 17
• Country of origin information (COI) 1
• Coup d'état 9
• Crimean Tatars 2
• Crimes against humanity 4
• Criminal justice 2
• Death penalty 32
• Demobilization / Disarmament 2
• Democracy 2
• Deportation / Forcible return 2
• Disappeared persons 2
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 10
• Drug trafficking 2
• Druze 4
• Election law 1
• Elections 71
• Embargo 1
• Entry / Exit 2
• Ethiopians 4
• Exiles 2
• Extradition 4
• Extrajudicial executions 13
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 2
• Forced marriage 2
• Foreign occupation 5
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 14
• Freedom of assembly and association 37
• Freedom of expression 36
• Freedom of information 25
• Freedom of religion 6
• Freedom of speech 16
• Genocide 2
• Good governance 9
• HIV and AIDS 3
• Harmful traditional practices 2
• Hindu 4
• Honour killings 6
• Human rights activists 17
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 11
• Humanitarian assistance 11
• Immigrants 2
• Immigration law 1
• Internal armed conflict 58
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 8
• International armed conflict 1
• International courts and tribunals 2
• International criminal law 2
• Jehovah's Witness 1
• Kachin 2
• Kurd 31
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 21
• Migrant rights 2
• Migrants 12
• Military courts 2
• Military operations 33
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 5
• Muslim 45
• Nepalis 1
• One-child policy / Family planning 2
• Opposition 40
• Palestinian 25
• Peace agreements 31
• Peace process 9
• Peacekeeping 14
• Persecution based on political opinion 25
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 16
• Persons with disabilities 2
• Police 29
• Political parties 25
• Political situation 86
• Polygamy 3
• Prison or detention conditions 6
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 13
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 51
• Public health 6
• Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
• Referendum 12
• Refugee camps 6
• Refugees 33
• Religious discrimination 3
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 14
• Returnees 1
• Right to food 2
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rohingya (Arakanese) 4
• Roma 2
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
• SGBV 6
• Safe country of origin 2
• Salafi 4
• Sanctions 4
• Security forces 28
• Security situation 114
• Shabak 2
• Sharia law 3
• Shia 23
• Sindhis 1
• Smuggling of persons 2
• State of emergency 10
• State protection 1
• Sunni 13
• Tamil 7
• Tatars 2
• Terrorism 76
• Tibetan 6
• Torture 2
• Trafficking in persons 2
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
• Tuareg 5
• Turkmen 2
• Uighur 25
• Visas 2
• War crimes 14
• Women's rights 6
• Women-at-risk 9
• Yazīdī 6

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