Country News
Short articles covering a specific situation in a country of origin. Most often reporting on specific human rights abuses or conflict situations.
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- Armenian 18
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- Border crossers 24
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- Civil war 96
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- Criminal justice 399
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- Forced labour 31
- Forced marriage 22
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- Foreign occupation 47
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 75
- Freedom of assembly and association 159
- Freedom of conscience 16
- Freedom of expression 1,193
- Freedom of information 285
- Freedom of movement 76
- Freedom of religion 178
- Freedom of speech 60
- Gagauz 4
- Gang related violence 9
- Gender discrimination 25
- Gender-based persecution 3
- Generalized violence 17
- Genocide 49
- Germans 2
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- Gross, systematic and large-scale 1
- HIV and AIDS 17
- Habeas corpus 1
- Hare Krishna 4
- Hazara 10
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- Honour killings 30
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- Human Rights Council 1
- Human rights activists 539
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 38
- Human rights courts 32
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- Immigration Detention 10
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- Immunity 9
- Impunity 5
- Independence of judiciary 32
- Ingush 75
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- Internal armed conflict 1,028
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 34
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- International courts and tribunals 77
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Iranians 6
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- Kabards 7
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- Kosovar 173
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- Kurd 228
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- Legal representation / Legal aid 4
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 176
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- Malays 1
- Mass exodus 5
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- Mental health 7
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- Mercenaries 6
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- Migrants 150
- Military courts 18
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- Military operations 704
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- Muslim 251
- National security / Public order 14
- Naturalization 5
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- Non-self-governing territories 14
- Non-state agents of persecution 1
- Older persons 1
- One-child policy / Family planning 2
- Opposition 1,409
- Orthodox Christian 58
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- Palestinian 14
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- Peace agreements 9
- Peace process 332
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- Persecution based on nationality 2
- Persecution based on political opinion 48
- Persecution of family members 38
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 26
- Persons with disabilities 8
- Piracy 7
- Poles 11
- Police 432
- Political asylum 28
- Political groups 20
- Political parties 126
- Political situation 151
- Polygamy 5
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2
- Pre-trial detention 71
- Presbyterian 3
- Prevention of discrimination 7
- Prison or detention conditions 158
- Prisoners of war 85
- Property restitution 1
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 6
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 153
- Protestant 2
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 525
- Public health 69
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 27
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Reconciliation 21
- Referendum 55
- Refugee / Asylum law 1
- Refugee camps 18
- Refugees 55
- Registration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 4
- Rejection at border 6
- Religious discrimination 33
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 43
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 13
- Resettlement 6
- Residence permits / Residency 5
- Return conditions 3
- Returnees 10
- Right to education 36
- Right to employment 41
- Right to food 7
- Right to health 4
- Right to justice 3
- Right to return 1
- Right to seek asylum 1
- Right to self-determination 14
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 1
- Roma 14
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 33
- Russians 24
- SGBV 88
- Salafi 5
- Sale of children 7
- Sanctions 210
- Scientologist 3
- Security forces 134
- Security situation 299
- Serb 55
- Serious non-political crime 35
- Sexual and reproductive rights 23
- Shabak 2
- Shamanism 1
- Sharia law 5
- Shia 115
- Sikh 7
- Single heads of household 1
- Slavs 1
- Small arms 27
- Smuggling of persons 15
- Spontaneous return 2
- State of emergency 14
- Sufi 16
- Sunni 96
- Tajik 16
- Talysh 3
- Tatars 142
- Temporary admission 5
- Terrorism 1,246
- Threats / Intimidation 33
- Tibetan 7
- Torture 100
- Trafficking in persons 19
- Transit 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 27
- Travel documents 3
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 3
- Turkmen 6
- Turks 5
- Uighur 57
- Ukrainians 5
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
- Uzbek 67
- Visas 44
- Voluntary repatriation 5
- War crimes 115
- Withdrawal of nationality 10
- Witnesses 10
- Women's rights 128
- Women-at-risk 7
- Work permits 2
- Yazīdī 22
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