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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- Algeria 15
- Andorra 1
- Angola 8
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- Armenia 19
- Austria 2
- Azerbaijan 34
- Bahrain 90
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- Barbados 1
- Belarus 66
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- Burundi 19
- Cambodia 58
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- Canada 1
- Central African Republic 18
- Chad 3
- Chile 12
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- Colombia 34
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- Congo, Republic of the 4
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- Ecuador 8
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- Ethiopia 9
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- Georgia 11
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- Guinea 8
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- Oman 4
- Pakistan 34
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- Philippines 17
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- Senegal 10
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- Singapore 6
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- South Africa 7
- South Sudan 12
- Spain 3
- Sri Lanka 12
- Sudan 56
- Switzerland 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 111
- Tajikistan 8
- Tanzania, United Republic of 1
- Thailand 47
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 1
- Togo 3
- Tunisia 36
- Turkey 39
- Turkmenistan 1
- Uganda 19
- Ukraine 18
- United Arab Emirates 7
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1
- United States of America 8
- Uzbekistan 19
- Venezuela 3
- Viet Nam 45
- Yemen 21
- Zambia 2
- Zimbabwe 14
- Abduction 22
- Access to procedures 1
- Access to water 1
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
- Africans 1
- Ahwazi 1
- Amazonian Indians 1
- Anti-terrorism law 3
- Appeal / Right to appeal 2
- Arabs 2
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 189
- Armed attacks on camps 7
- Armed forces / Military 37
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 27
- Armenian 2
- Asylum-seekers 4
- Azeri 1
- Baha'i 9
- Bail 5
- Baluchis 7
- Bedoon 1
- Border conflict 1
- Border controls 2
- Buddhist 4
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
- Ceasefire 3
- Chechen 5
- Child labour 1
- Child soldiers 5
- Children's rights 3
- Children-at-risk 1
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 1
- Christian 4
- Civil and political rights 32
- Civil war 8
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 4
- Conflict prevention 2
- Conflict resolution 7
- Conflict situation 8
- Contemporary forms of slavery 2
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 3
- Copts 3
- Corruption 6
- Coup d'état 9
- Crime prevention 1
- Crimes against humanity 31
- Criminal justice 80
- Death in custody 6
- Death penalty 103
- Death squads 2
- Demobilization / Disarmament 1
- Democracy 14
- Deportation / Forcible return 7
- Disappeared persons 38
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 13
- Domestic violence 1
- Drug trafficking 3
- Economic, social and cultural rights 10
- Effective remedy 6
- Election law 1
- Elections 62
- Embargo 2
- Entry / Exit 1
- Equal opportunities 1
- Ethnic cleansing 1
- Evacuation 1
- Exiles 3
- Expulsion 8
- Extradition 8
- Extrajudicial executions 40
- Extreme poverty 3
- Flight by land, air or sea 2
- Forced labour 5
- Forced relocation 1
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 2
- Foreign occupation 4
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 77
- Freedom of assembly and association 194
- Freedom of conscience 22
- Freedom of expression 223
- Freedom of information 69
- Freedom of movement 14
- Freedom of religion 15
- Freedom of speech 61
- Gender discrimination 6
- Generalized violence 3
- Genocide 10
- Good governance 17
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 7
- HIV and AIDS 3
- Hindu 1
- Hmong 1
- Honour killings 1
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 26
- Human Rights Council 37
- Human rights activists 650
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 292
- Human rights courts 12
- Human rights law 4
- Human rights monitors 145
- Humanitarian assistance 4
- IDP camps 5
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 2
- Immigrants 1
- Immigration Detention 1
- Immunity 2
- Impunity 82
- Independence of judiciary 25
- Indigenous persons 12
- Internal armed conflict 21
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 10
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 2
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1
- International armed conflict 1
- International courts and tribunals 66
- International criminal law 1
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 4
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Iranians 2
- Jehovah's Witness 1
- Jew 1
- Jurisdiction 1
- Juvenile justice system 12
- Kachin 4
- Kashmiris 1
- Kurd 11
- Legal representation / Legal aid 4
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 25
- Mapuche 4
- Mass exodus 1
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Migrant rights 8
- Migrants 26
- Military courts 5
- Military law 3
- Military operations 13
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
- Minorities 20
- Minority rights 2
- Muslim 4
- National security / Public order 6
- Non-refoulement 1
- Non-self-governing territories 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 1
- Opposition 50
- Palestinian 5
- Peace agreements 2
- Peace process 8
- Peacekeeping 11
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 10
- Persecution based on nationality 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 66
- Persecution of family members 2
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 14
- Poles 1
- Police 19
- Political groups 13
- Political parties 26
- Political situation 72
- Pre-trial detention 8
- Prevention of discrimination 2
- Prison or detention conditions 30
- Prosecution vs persecution 16
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 16
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 56
- Public health 1
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 10
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Reconciliation 7
- Referendum 8
- Refoulement 3
- Refugee camps 3
- Refugees 11
- Religious discrimination 10
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 8
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 3
- Resettlement 1
- Right to a nationality 1
- Right to education 7
- Right to employment 5
- Right to food 1
- Right to health 4
- Right to justice 32
- Right to leave 2
- Right to liberty and security 1
- Right to life 9
- Right to seek asylum 3
- Right to self-determination 1
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 9
- Roma 4
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 54
- SGBV 22
- Sanctions 6
- Security forces 37
- Security situation 63
- Sexual and reproductive rights 1
- Shan 1
- Shia 1
- Social group persecution 1
- State of emergency 8
- Statelessness 1
- Sunni 2
- Tamil 1
- Terrorism 17
- Threats / Intimidation 8
- Tibetan 8
- Torture 48
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 4
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
- Uighur 2
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 8
- Uzbek 4
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- War crimes 26
- Witnesses 5
- Women's rights 52
- Work permits 1
- Yazīdī 1
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