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 114
- Albania 7
- Algeria 27
- Angola 33
- Argentina 3
- Armenia 16
- Australia 13
- Austria 2
- Azerbaijan 73
- Bahrain 119
- Bangladesh 92
- Belarus 19
- Belgium 3
- Bhutan 1
- Bolivia 7
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 17
- Botswana 1
- Brazil 28
- Bulgaria 4
- Burundi 44
- Cambodia 100
- Cameroon 15
- Canada 2
- Cayman Islands 1
- Central African Republic 41
- Chad 26
- Chile 5
- China 215
- Colombia 31
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 106
- Congo, Republic of the 1
- Costa Rica 1
- Croatia 8
- Cuba 11
- Côte d'Ivoire 43
- Denmark 1
- Djibouti 1
- Dominican Republic 3
- Ecuador 15
- Egypt 219
- El Salvador 2
- Equatorial Guinea 20
- Eritrea 22
- Ethiopia 53
- Fiji 7
- France 7
- Gambia 12
- Georgia 25
- Germany 3
- Ghana 5
- Greece 31
- Guatemala 2
- Guinea 32
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 6
- Honduras 30
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 13
- Hungary 16
- India 95
- Indonesia 84
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 160
- Iraq 155
- Ireland 2
- Israel 133
- Italy 14
- Jamaica 6
- Japan 1
- Jordan 58
- Kazakhstan 50
- Kenya 78
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 35
- Korea, Republic of 5
- Kuwait 52
- Kyrgyzstan 51
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 18
- Lebanon 64
- Liberia 7
- Libya 170
- Liechtenstein 1
- Lithuania 5
- Malawi 10
- Malaysia 77
- Mali 24
- Mauritania 2
- Mexico 30
- Moldova, Republic of 3
- Mongolia 2
- Montenegro 3
- Morocco 74
- Mozambique 4
- Myanmar 131
- Nepal 46
- Netherlands 2
- Nicaragua 2
- Niger 2
- Nigeria 46
- Norway 1
- Oman 14
- Pakistan 79
- Palestine, State of 113
- Panama 1
- Papua New Guinea 8
- Peru 15
- Philippines 70
- Poland 4
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 8
- Romania 1
- Russian Federation 262
- Rwanda 34
- Saudi Arabia 144
- Senegal 32
- Serbia 27
- Sierra Leone 7
- Singapore 23
- Slovakia 1
- Slovenia 3
- Somalia 54
- South Africa 24
- South Sudan 37
- Spain 5
- Sri Lanka 96
- Sudan 96
- Suriname 1
- Swaziland 3
- Sweden 3
- Switzerland 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 256
- Tajikistan 26
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2
- Thailand 179
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 7
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 1
- Tunisia 97
- Turkey 86
- Turkmenistan 38
- Uganda 69
- Ukraine 55
- United Arab Emirates 65
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5
- United States of America 18
- Uruguay 4
- Uzbekistan 76
- Venezuela 32
- Viet Nam 81
- Western Sahara Territory 11
- Yemen 133
- Zambia 6
- Zimbabwe 44
- Abduction 69
- Abkhazians 1
- Abuse of psychiatry 10
- Access to procedures 14
- Access to water 5
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
- Acts of persecution 1
- Administrative courts 4
- Adoption 1
- Afro-Colombians 2
- Ahmadis 14
- Airports 1
- Alawi 2
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 41
- Appeal / Right to appeal 8
- Arabs 13
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 699
- Armed attacks on camps 9
- Armed forces / Military 249
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 250
- Armenian 1
- Arrival 1
- Assemblies of God 1
- Asylum policy 6
- Asylum-migration nexus 7
- Asylum-seekers 111
- Atheist / Agnostic 1
- Awá 2
- Azeri 2
- Baha'i 5
- Bail 3
- Banyamulenge 1
- Baptist 2
- Batwa 1
- Bedoon 10
- Bengalis 1
- Berber 2
- Border conflict 11
- Border controls 16
- Border crossers 12
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 19
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 5
- Cabinda 1
- Catholic 5
- Ceasefire 8
- Chaldean 1
- Chechen 15
- Child labour 21
- Child soldiers 33
- Children's rights 87
- Children-at-risk 84
- Chinese 2
- Christian 34
- Citizenship / Nationality law 6
- Civil and political rights 249
- Civil rights legislation 1
- Civil war 45
- Combatants / Former combatants 13
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 57
- Conflict prevention 2
- Conflict resolution 123
- Conflict situation 137
- Confucianist 1
- Constitutional law 5
- Contemporary forms of slavery 4
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 2
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
- Copts 6
- Corruption 57
- Country of origin information (COI) 3
- Coup d'état 19
- Crimean Tatars 6
- Crimes against humanity 100
- Criminal justice 263
- Croats 3
- Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
- Dalit 3
- Darfuri 1
- Death in custody 50
- Death penalty 158
- Death squads 15
- Demobilization / Disarmament 17
- Democracy 29
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 93
- Dinka 3
- Disappeared persons 192
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 64
- Domestic violence 18
- Drug trafficking 20
- Economic, social and cultural rights 19
- Effective protection 3
- Effective remedy 206
- Egyptians 3
- Election law 6
- Elections 151
- Embargo 7
- Emergency legislation 5
- Entry / Exit 3
- Equal opportunities 7
- Equality before the law 9
- Eritreans 13
- Ethiopians 5
- Ethnic cleansing 4
- Evacuation 1
- Evangelical 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Exclusion clauses 2
- Exiles 8
- Expedited procedures 3
- Expulsion 8
- Extradition 27
- Extrajudicial executions 225
- Extreme poverty 4
- Falun Gong 1
- Family law 3
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 6
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 5
- Forced labour 37
- Forced marriage 10
- Forced relocation 2
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 7
- Foreign occupation 24
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 406
- Freedom of assembly and association 772
- Freedom of conscience 25
- Freedom of expression 1,137
- Freedom of information 765
- Freedom of movement 81
- Freedom of religion 110
- Freedom of speech 652
- Gang related violence 4
- Gender discrimination 44
- Gender mainstreaming 2
- Gender-based persecution 25
- Generalized violence 3
- Genocide 14
- Good governance 173
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 4
- HIV and AIDS 27
- Habeas corpus 2
- Haitians 3
- Harmful traditional practices 9
- Hazara 1
- Hindu 2
- Hmong 2
- Honour killings 4
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 73
- Human Rights Council 34
- Human rights activists 711
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 520
- Human rights courts 3
- Human rights law 17
- Human rights monitors 74
- Humanitarian assistance 43
- Hutus 2
- IDP camps 5
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 7
- Immigrants 11
- Immigration Detention 34
- Immigration control after entry 2
- Immigration law 3
- Immunity 21
- Impunity 322
- Independence of judiciary 72
- Indians 2
- Indigenous persons 10
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 241
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 92
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 2
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 5
- International armed conflict 34
- International courts and tribunals 81
- International criminal law 32
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 46
- Involuntary repatriation 3
- Iranians 2
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 3
- Juvenile justice system 12
- Kachin 9
- Karen 3
- Khmer 1
- Kosovar 2
- Kurd 57
- Labour law 9
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 28
- Laws relating to religion 7
- Legal representation / Legal aid 14
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 200
- Livelihoods 7
- Malays 7
- Mandate status 1
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 4
- Mapuche 1
- Maternal and child health care 8
- Medical screening 1
- Mental health 4
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 6
- Meskhetians 1
- Migrant rights 50
- Migrants 126
- Military courts 57
- Military law 44
- Military operations 117
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 12
- Minorities 56
- Minority rights 25
- Montagnards 2
- Multiple nationality 3
- Muslim 130
- National security / Public order 52
- Nomads 1
- Non-refoulement 15
- Non-state agents of persecution 9
- Nuba 2
- Nuer 4
- One-child policy / Family planning 1
- Opposition 230
- Orderly return 1
- Oromo 4
- Palestinian 68
- Papuans 6
- Passports 8
- Peace agreements 17
- Peace process 13
- Peacekeeping 25
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 51
- Persecution based on political opinion 444
- Persecution of family members 3
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 120
- Persons not in need of international protection 2
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
- Persons with disabilities 30
- Police 211
- Political asylum 1
- Political groups 89
- Political parties 216
- Political situation 628
- Population transfers 1
- Pre-trial detention 41
- Prevention of discrimination 4
- Prison or detention conditions 191
- Prisoners of war 1
- Property restitution 2
- Prosecution vs persecution 13
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 5
- Protection of camps 3
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 239
- Protestant 1
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 234
- Public health 19
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 38
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 7
- Ratification 1
- Reception 8
- Reconciliation 26
- Referendum 16
- Refoulement 14
- Refugee / Asylum law 7
- Refugee camps 10
- Refugee identity documents 1
- Refugee seamen 14
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
- Refugees 166
- Refugees sur place 4
- Registration 2
- Rejected asylum-seekers 8
- Rejection at border 16
- Religious discrimination 55
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 40
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 5
- Resettlement 7
- Residence permits / Residency 5
- Return conditions 14
- Returnees 11
- Right to a nationality 3
- Right to education 39
- Right to employment 10
- Right to family life 5
- Right to food 8
- Right to health 32
- Right to justice 130
- Right to leave 9
- Right to liberty and security 8
- Right to life 19
- Right to return 5
- Right to seek asylum 39
- Right to self-determination 16
- Rights of non-citizens 4
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 45
- Roma 9
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 368
- Russians 3
- SGBV 100
- Safe third country 3
- Saharawis 6
- Salafi 3
- Sanctions 14
- Secondary movement 3
- Security forces 456
- Security situation 668
- Serb 4
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 13
- Shabak 1
- Shan 1
- Sharia law 15
- Shia 40
- Sikh 4
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 2
- Smuggling of persons 6
- Social group discrimination 18
- Social group persecution 3
- Somalis 14
- State of emergency 28
- State protection 6
- Statelessness 14
- Sufi 5
- Sunni 16
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
- Tajik 1
- Tamil 24
- Tatars 6
- Temporary admission 1
- Temporary protection 2
- Terrorism 194
- Threats / Intimidation 4
- Tibetan 25
- Torture 65
- Trafficking in persons 18
- Transit 2
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 38
- Travel documents 2
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 5
- Tuareg 5
- Turkmen 3
- Turks 1
- Tutsis 1
- Uighur 27
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 11
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 23
- Uzbek 21
- Visas 6
- Voluntary repatriation 2
- War crimes 185
- Well-founded fear of persecution 3
- Witnesses 9
- Women's rights 147
- Women-at-risk 47
- Work permits 2
- Yazīdī 8
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