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 85
- Albania 6
- Algeria 14
- Angola 24
- Argentina 12
- Armenia 4
- Australia 23
- Austria 4
- Azerbaijan 84
- Bahrain 192
- Bangladesh 50
- Barbados 1
- Belarus 53
- Benin 3
- Bolivia 6
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 19
- Botswana 2
- Brazil 58
- Brunei Darussalam 1
- Bulgaria 6
- Burkina Faso 11
- Burundi 20
- Cambodia 45
- Cameroon 20
- Central African Republic 47
- Chad 27
- Chile 19
- China 221
- Colombia 105
- Comoros 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 45
- Congo, Republic of the 12
- Croatia 10
- Cuba 53
- Cyprus 6
- Czech Republic 15
- Côte d'Ivoire 12
- Denmark 3
- Dominican Republic 40
- Ecuador 11
- Egypt 307
- El Salvador 34
- Equatorial Guinea 12
- Eritrea 14
- Ethiopia 41
- Fiji 10
- Finland 1
- France 21
- Gabon 2
- Gambia 59
- Georgia 15
- Germany 3
- Ghana 6
- Greece 39
- Guatemala 56
- Guinea 11
- Guinea-Bissau 4
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 38
- Honduras 46
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 11
- Hungary 21
- India 84
- Indonesia 84
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 294
- Iraq 131
- Ireland 2
- Israel 131
- Italy 28
- Jamaica 14
- Japan 10
- Jordan 25
- Kazakhstan 13
- Kenya 48
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 24
- Korea, Republic of 20
- Kuwait 22
- Kyrgyzstan 14
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 6
- Latvia 5
- Lebanon 25
- Lesotho 7
- Liberia 1
- Libya 108
- Lithuania 11
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 2
- Madagascar 3
- Malawi 19
- Malaysia 73
- Maldives 20
- Mali 18
- Malta 1
- Mauritania 17
- Mexico 155
- Moldova, Republic of 10
- Mongolia 7
- Montenegro 4
- Morocco 39
- Mozambique 10
- Myanmar 83
- Nauru 11
- Nepal 20
- Netherlands 2
- Nicaragua 12
- Niger 6
- Nigeria 89
- Norway 2
- Oman 17
- Pakistan 92
- Palestine, State of 144
- Panama 4
- Papua New Guinea 21
- Paraguay 21
- Peru 19
- Philippines 39
- Poland 3
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 29
- Romania 14
- Russian Federation 176
- Rwanda 12
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
- Saudi Arabia 159
- Senegal 6
- Serbia 44
- Sierra Leone 18
- Singapore 16
- Slovakia 10
- Slovenia 6
- Somalia 46
- South Africa 33
- South Sudan 30
- Spain 9
- Sri Lanka 94
- Sudan 96
- Suriname 3
- Swaziland 10
- Sweden 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 296
- Tajikistan 13
- Tanzania, United Republic of 3
- Thailand 50
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 13
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 4
- Togo 4
- Trinidad and Tobago 2
- Tunisia 72
- Turkey 99
- Turkmenistan 12
- Uganda 41
- Ukraine 95
- United Arab Emirates 47
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10
- United States of America 14
- Uruguay 5
- Uzbekistan 19
- Venezuela 47
- Viet Nam 34
- Western Sahara Territory 10
- Yemen 103
- Zambia 13
- Zimbabwe 95
- Abduction 101
- Abuse of psychiatry 13
- Access to procedures 16
- Access to water 10
- Acts of persecution 3
- Adivasis 2
- Administrative courts 1
- Africans 9
- Afro-Colombians 2
- Ahmadis 8
- Ahwazi 9
- Airports 1
- Alawi 1
- Albanians 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 9
- Amazonian Indians 1
- Anti-terrorism law 29
- Appeal / Right to appeal 22
- Arabs 11
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 872
- Armed attacks on camps 12
- Armed forces / Military 184
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 174
- Armenian 1
- Arrival 1
- Asylum policy 4
- Asylum-migration nexus 11
- Asylum-seekers 89
- Awá 1
- Azeri 1
- Baha'i 8
- Bail 3
- Baluchis 2
- Bedoon 14
- Border conflict 9
- Border controls 10
- Border crossers 13
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 9
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 6
- Camp management 3
- Catholic 2
- Ceasefire 8
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chechen 18
- Child soldiers 14
- Children's rights 48
- Children-at-risk 86
- Christian 28
- Circassians 1
- Civil and political rights 113
- Civil war 44
- Combatants / Former combatants 3
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 35
- Community development 1
- Confidentiality 1
- Conflict prevention 4
- Conflict resolution 75
- Conflict situation 118
- Constitutional law 2
- Contemporary forms of slavery 9
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 5
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention refugee 1
- Copts 7
- Corruption 30
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Coup d'état 27
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimean Tatars 4
- Crimes against humanity 85
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 282
- Czechs 1
- Dalit 1
- Death in custody 63
- Death penalty 475
- Death squads 5
- Demobilization / Disarmament 8
- Democracy 20
- Denial of nationality 2
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 87
- Disappeared persons 227
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 54
- Domestic violence 12
- Drug trafficking 14
- Druze 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 18
- Effective protection 5
- Effective remedy 253
- Egyptians 1
- Election law 3
- Elections 103
- Embargo 20
- Emergency legislation 6
- Entry / Exit 1
- Enxet 1
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 1
- Eritreans 1
- Ethiopians 1
- Ethnic cleansing 3
- Evacuation 2
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 4
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 8
- Expulsion 9
- Extradition 29
- Extrajudicial executions 248
- Extreme poverty 5
- Falun Gong 3
- Family reunification 2
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 3
- Forced labour 11
- Forced marriage 5
- Forced relocation 12
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 31
- Foreign occupation 24
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 636
- Freedom of assembly and association 819
- Freedom of conscience 187
- Freedom of expression 1,242
- Freedom of information 760
- Freedom of movement 51
- Freedom of religion 87
- Freedom of speech 639
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 8
- Gender discrimination 41
- Gender-based persecution 20
- Generalized violence 7
- Genocide 25
- Good governance 95
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 3
- HIV and AIDS 7
- Haitians 12
- Harmful traditional practices 15
- Hazara 2
- Hindu 2
- Hmong 1
- Honour killings 4
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 190
- Human Rights Council 9
- Human rights activists 881
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 505
- Human rights courts 2
- Human rights law 8
- Human rights monitors 78
- Humanitarian assistance 60
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
- Hutus 4
- IDP camps 14
- Illegal entry 1
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
- Immigrants 3
- Immigration Detention 33
- Immigration control after entry 1
- Immunity 23
- Impunity 308
- Independence of judiciary 22
- Indigenous persons 104
- Integration 3
- Internal armed conflict 213
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 126
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 3
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 3
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 2
- International armed conflict 37
- International courts and tribunals 44
- International criminal law 17
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 58
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Iranians 6
- Jehovah's Witness 1
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 1
- Juvenile justice system 19
- Kachin 2
- Karen 1
- Kurd 48
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 4
- Laws relating to religion 4
- Legal representation / Legal aid 19
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 148
- Livelihoods 5
- Mapuche 2
- Maternal and child health care 23
- Medical screening 4
- Mental health 2
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Migrant rights 52
- Migrants 103
- Military courts 65
- Military law 20
- Military operations 78
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 19
- Minorities 30
- Minority rights 22
- Mongols 1
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 40
- National security / Public order 29
- Non-refoulement 12
- Non-state agents of persecution 11
- Nuba 1
- Older persons 4
- One-child policy / Family planning 2
- Opposition 221
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 84
- Papuans 5
- Peace agreements 16
- Peace process 14
- Peacekeeping 24
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 56
- Persecution based on political opinion 393
- Persecution of family members 4
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 84
- Persons not in need of international protection 1
- Persons with disabilities 5
- Physical harm 1
- Piracy 1
- Poles 1
- Police 205
- Political groups 61
- Political parties 133
- Political situation 418
- Polygamy 1
- Pre-trial detention 41
- Presbyterian 1
- Prevention of discrimination 5
- Prison or detention conditions 274
- Prisoners of war 1
- Property restitution 10
- Prosecution vs persecution 16
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 7
- Protection of camps 4
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 207
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 254
- Public health 12
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 16
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 12
- Ratification 1
- Reception 11
- Reconciliation 11
- Referendum 9
- Refoulement 6
- Refugee / Asylum law 6
- Refugee camps 26
- Refugee identity documents 1
- Refugee seamen 11
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
- Refugees 171
- Registration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 9
- Rejection at border 7
- Religious discrimination 43
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 29
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 6
- Resettlement 11
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 4
- Returnees 4
- Right to a nationality 9
- Right to education 31
- Right to employment 2
- Right to family life 4
- Right to food 14
- Right to health 46
- Right to justice 155
- Right to leave 4
- Right to liberty and security 9
- Right to life 36
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to return 1
- Right to seek asylum 21
- Right to self-determination 8
- Rights of non-citizens 2
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 9
- Roma 67
- Romanians 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 241
- SGBV 107
- Sabean Mandean 1
- Safe third country 1
- Saharawis 6
- Sanctions 1
- Secondary movement 2
- Security forces 320
- Security situation 541
- Serb 1
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 26
- Sharia law 6
- Shia 51
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 11
- Smuggling of persons 3
- Social group discrimination 20
- Social group persecution 7
- Somalis 9
- Standard of proof 1
- State of emergency 29
- State protection 8
- Statelessness 13
- Sufi 1
- Sunni 16
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
- Tamil 16
- Tatars 5
- Terrorism 138
- Threats / Intimidation 23
- Tibetan 12
- Torture 142
- Trafficking in persons 2
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 17
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 3
- Tuareg 1
- Tutsis 3
- Uighur 31
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 11
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 7
- Uzbek 8
- War crimes 151
- Witchcraft 1
- Witnesses 2
- Women's rights 177
- Women-at-risk 67
- Yazīdī 5
- Zoroastrian 1
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