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 409
- Albania 8
- Algeria 28
- American Samoa 2
- Angola 21
- Anguilla 1
- Argentina 5
- Armenia 5
- Australia 19
- Austria 14
- Azerbaijan 15
- Bahamas 1
- Bahrain 59
- Bangladesh 43
- Barbados 1
- Belarus 23
- Belgium 2
- Belize 5
- Benin 14
- Bermuda 1
- Bhutan 4
- Bolivia 7
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 49
- Botswana 5
- Brazil 27
- Brunei Darussalam 1
- Bulgaria 18
- Burkina Faso 51
- Burundi 151
- Cambodia 93
- Cameroon 86
- Canada 8
- Cape Verde 1
- Cayman Islands 1
- Central African Republic 401
- Chad 135
- Chile 7
- China 46
- Colombia 106
- Comoros 6
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 555
- Congo, Republic of the 42
- Costa Rica 3
- Croatia 27
- Cuba 4
- Cyprus 41
- Czech Republic 2
- Côte d'Ivoire 196
- Denmark 2
- Djibouti 13
- Dominican Republic 11
- Ecuador 12
- Egypt 166
- El Salvador 13
- Equatorial Guinea 6
- Eritrea 55
- Estonia 1
- Ethiopia 77
- Falkland Islands 1
- Fiji 4
- Finland 3
- France 13
- Gabon 15
- Gambia 37
- Georgia 22
- Germany 20
- Ghana 15
- Greece 87
- Greenland 1
- Guatemala 32
- Guinea 63
- Guinea-Bissau 71
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 118
- Honduras 38
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 1
- Hungary 23
- Iceland 2
- India 51
- Indonesia 19
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 104
- Iraq 601
- Ireland 3
- Israel 340
- Italy 47
- Jamaica 2
- Japan 9
- Jordan 93
- Kazakhstan 10
- Kenya 125
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 59
- Korea, Republic of 12
- Kuwait 7
- Kyrgyzstan 26
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 10
- Latvia 2
- Lebanon 220
- Lesotho 4
- Liberia 95
- Libya 420
- Lithuania 2
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 1
- Madagascar 15
- Malawi 19
- Malaysia 24
- Maldives 28
- Mali 260
- Malta 10
- Mauritania 36
- Mauritius 1
- Mexico 51
- Moldova, Republic of 7
- Mongolia 5
- Montenegro 5
- Montserrat 1
- Morocco 22
- Mozambique 14
- Myanmar 186
- Namibia 3
- Nauru 6
- Nepal 117
- Netherlands 2
- New Caledonia 1
- New Zealand 4
- Nicaragua 2
- Niger 109
- Nigeria 228
- Norway 6
- Oman 1
- Pakistan 145
- Palau 1
- Palestine, State of 419
- Panama 6
- Papua New Guinea 14
- Paraguay 8
- Peru 7
- Philippines 51
- Poland 3
- Portugal 2
- Qatar 5
- Romania 3
- Russian Federation 53
- Rwanda 74
- Saudi Arabia 36
- Senegal 33
- Serbia 112
- Sierra Leone 44
- Singapore 5
- Slovakia 3
- Slovenia 15
- Solomon Islands 2
- Somalia 513
- South Africa 20
- South Sudan 519
- Spain 10
- Sri Lanka 97
- Sudan 548
- Suriname 4
- Swaziland 1
- Sweden 12
- Switzerland 4
- Syrian Arab Republic 1,160
- Tajikistan 10
- Tanzania, United Republic of 35
- Thailand 57
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 39
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 35
- Togo 9
- Tokelau 1
- Tunisia 44
- Turkey 151
- Turkmenistan 3
- Turks and Caicos Islands 1
- U.S. Virgin Islands 1
- Uganda 90
- Ukraine 166
- United Arab Emirates 4
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15
- United States of America 28
- Uruguay 4
- Uzbekistan 4
- Vanuatu 1
- Venezuela 37
- Viet Nam 16
- Western Sahara Territory 23
- Yemen 415
- Zambia 15
- Zimbabwe 29
- 1951 Refugee Convention 4
- Abduction 111
- Abkhazians 1
- Access to procedures 3
- Access to water 60
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 3
- Administrative courts 1
- Adoption 10
- Africans 4
- Afro-Colombians 3
- Age discrimination 1
- Ahmadis 4
- Ahwazi 1
- Airports 1
- Alawi 3
- Albanians 9
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 15
- Aliens 1
- Amhara 2
- Anti-terrorism law 15
- Apartheid 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 1
- Arabs 7
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 148
- Armed attacks on camps 44
- Armed forces / Military 209
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 425
- Armenian 3
- Arrival 9
- Ashkaelian 2
- Assamese 1
- Assyrians 1
- Asylum policy 7
- Asylum-migration nexus 17
- Asylum-seekers 136
- Awá 1
- Baha'i 3
- Bail 1
- Banyamulenge 1
- Banyarwanda 1
- Baptist 1
- Bedoon 7
- Belarusians 1
- Berti 1
- Border conflict 153
- Border controls 24
- Border crossers 21
- Bosnian 4
- Buddhist 35
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 23
- Camp management 10
- Capacity building of state institutions 3
- Catholic 7
- Ceasefire 305
- Cessation clauses 1
- Changes of circumstances in home country 1
- Child labour 13
- Child prostitution 9
- Child soldiers 123
- Children's rights 285
- Children-at-risk 308
- Chin 1
- Chinese 3
- Christian 86
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 118
- Civil war 273
- Civilian character of asylum 1
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 5
- Combatants / Former combatants 56
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 172
- Community development 6
- Conflict prevention 125
- Conflict resolution 524
- Conflict situation 617
- 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 32
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Coup d'état 47
- Crime prevention 6
- Crimean Tatars 1
- Crimean Tatars 2
- Crimes against humanity 163
- Crimes against peace 2
- Criminal justice 114
- Dalit 4
- Darfuri 5
- Death in custody 11
- Death penalty 126
- Death squads 4
- Demobilization / Disarmament 99
- Democracy 130
- Denial of nationality 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 36
- Dinka 5
- Diplomatic protection 3
- Disappeared persons 66
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 62
- Domestic violence 11
- Drug trafficking 25
- Druze 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 80
- Effective protection 3
- Effective remedy 111
- Egyptians 3
- Election law 12
- Elections 628
- Embargo 25
- Emigrants 2
- Entry into force 1
- Equal opportunities 3
- Eritreans 13
- Ethiopians 9
- Ethnic cleansing 6
- Evacuation 32
- Evangelical 3
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 2
- Exclusion clauses 1
- Exiles 27
- Expulsion 18
- Extradition 3
- Extrajudicial executions 259
- Extreme poverty 40
- Family reunification 16
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 3
- Filipinos 3
- Flight by land, air or sea 18
- Forced labour 16
- Forced marriage 9
- Forced relocation 3
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 7
- Foreign occupation 85
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 176
- Freedom of assembly and association 227
- Freedom of conscience 10
- Freedom of expression 509
- Freedom of information 336
- Freedom of movement 73
- Freedom of religion 66
- Freedom of speech 289
- French 2
- Fulani 3
- Gang related violence 5
- Gender discrimination 25
- Gender mainstreaming 7
- Gender-based persecution 28
- Generalized violence 7
- Genocide 85
- Good governance 359
- Good offices 34
- Greeks 1
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 9
- HIV and AIDS 17
- Haitians 6
- Harmful traditional practices 10
- Hazara 4
- Hijacking 2
- Hindu 1
- Hmong 3
- Honour killings 1
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 83
- Human Rights Council 87
- Human rights activists 167
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 395
- Human rights courts 3
- Human rights law 24
- Human rights monitors 55
- Humanitarian assistance 1,033
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 3
- Hungarians 1
- Hutus 19
- IDP camps 52
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 9
- Immigrants 4
- Immigration Detention 20
- Immunity 17
- Impunity 291
- Independence of judiciary 52
- Indigenous persons 46
- Integration 36
- Internal armed conflict 1,002
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 926
- 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 82
- International courts and tribunals 113
- International criminal law 33
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 151
- International protection 14
- Involuntary repatriation 4
- Iranians 19
- Japanese 2
- Jew 4
- Jurisdiction 3
- Juvenile justice system 9
- Kachin 21
- Kosovar 1
- Kurd 22
- Labour law 2
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 58
- Legal representation / Legal aid 5
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 42
- Livelihoods 50
- Location of camps 2
- Luo 1
- Malinke / Mandingo 1
- Mandate status 1
- Mapuche 2
- Mass exodus 2
- Maternal and child health care 24
- Mbororo 1
- Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 2
- Mental health 17
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 2
- Mercenaries 8
- Migrant rights 14
- Migrants 206
- Military courts 9
- Military law 6
- Military operations 202
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 20
- Minorities 57
- Minority rights 28
- Mon 1
- Montagnards 2
- Multiple nationality 1
- Muslim 149
- National security / Public order 35
- Nepalis 1
- Non-refoulement 13
- Non-state agents of persecution 16
- Nuba 1
- Nuer 5
- Older persons 5
- Opposition 180
- Orderly return 7
- Oromo 1
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 349
- Papuans 1
- Pashtun 1
- Passports 1
- Pastoralists 1
- Peace agreements 386
- Peace process 510
- Peacekeeping 922
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 56
- Persecution based on nationality 2
- Persecution based on political opinion 118
- Persecution of family members 1
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 30
- Persons not in need of international protection 3
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 4
- Persons with disabilities 15
- Piracy 12
- Police 196
- Political groups 64
- Political parties 268
- Political situation 1,421
- Population transfers 2
- Pre-trial detention 10
- Prevention of discrimination 4
- Prison or detention conditions 73
- 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 676
- Protestant 2
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 98
- Public health 57
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 28
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 10
- Ratification 2
- Reception 46
- Reconciliation 247
- Referendum 62
- Refoulement 1
- Refugee / Asylum law 5
- Refugee camps 137
- Refugee identity documents 3
- Refugee seamen 36
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 5
- Refugees 978
- Registration 40
- Reintegration 51
- Rejected asylum-seekers 1
- Rejection at border 3
- Religious discrimination 39
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 54
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 13
- Resettlement 69
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 28
- Returnees 85
- Right to a nationality 4
- Right to development 15
- Right to education 96
- Right to employment 11
- Right to family life 5
- Right to food 154
- Right to health 77
- Right to justice 69
- Right to leave 4
- Right to liberty and security 14
- Right to life 22
- Right to registration at birth 3
- Right to return 3
- Right to seek asylum 17
- Right to self-determination 36
- Rights of non-citizens 1
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 43
- Roma 21
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 233
- Russians 2
- Rwandans 4
- SGBV 269
- Sabean Mandean 5
- Saharawis 7
- Salafi 2
- Sale of children 4
- Sami 1
- San Bushmen 1
- Sanctions 68
- Secondary movement 9
- Security forces 337
- Security situation 2,014
- Serb 12
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 11
- Shabak 10
- Shan 12
- Sharia law 6
- Shia 35
- Signatories and Parties 1
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 21
- Smuggling of persons 22
- Social group discrimination 21
- Social group persecution 8
- Somalis 66
- Spontaneous return 1
- State of emergency 17
- State protection 1
- Statelessness 10
- Sufi 7
- Sunni 13
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 13
- Tajik 2
- Tamil 12
- Tatars 1
- Temporary protection 2
- Terrorism 681
- Threats / Intimidation 6
- Tibetan 3
- Torture 82
- Trafficking in persons 38
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 2
- Transit 16
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 106
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 21
- Tuareg 43
- Turkmen 15
- Turks 1
- Tutsis 13
- Uighur 1
- Ukrainians 2
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 24
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 4
- Urban refugees 6
- Urueu-Wau-Wau 1
- Uzbek 8
- Visas 4
- Voluntary repatriation 39
- War crimes 206
- Well-founded fear of persecution 1
- Widowed persons 1
- Witchcraft 6
- Witnesses 5
- Women's rights 112
- Women-at-risk 89
- Work permits 4
- Yazīdī 30
- Zoroastrian 1
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