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Short articles covering a specific situation in a country of origin. Most often reporting on specific human rights abuses or conflict situations.
- Afghanistan 689
- Albania 2
- Armenia 262
- Azerbaijan 274
- Bahrain 3
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 137
- Bulgaria 1
- Burundi 1
- Cameroon 1
- Central African Republic 3
- Chad 1
- China 1
- Colombia 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 25
- Croatia 28
- Cuba 53
- Côte d'Ivoire 2
- Egypt 1
- Gambia 1
- Georgia 215
- Germany 1
- Guinea 1
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 1
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- Iran, Islamic Republic of 79
- Iraq 217
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- Kazakhstan 151
- Kenya 113
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1
- Kyrgyzstan 203
- Lebanon 10
- Libya 6
- Madagascar 1
- Mali 1
- Mexico 2
- Moldova, Republic of 1
- Morocco 1
- Myanmar 4
- Namibia 1
- Nigeria 10
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- Pakistan 10
- Palestine, State of 3
- Philippines 35
- Russian Federation 47
- Rwanda 2
- Saudi Arabia 2
- Senegal 1
- Serbia 108
- Sierra Leone 6
- Somalia 1
- South Sudan 3
- Sri Lanka 1
- Sudan 11
- Sweden 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 286
- Tajikistan 177
- Trinidad and Tobago 2
- Tunisia 8
- Turkey 19
- Turkmenistan 77
- Uganda 11
- Ukraine 75
- United States of America 2
- Uzbekistan 148
- Venezuela 1
- Yemen 3
- Zimbabwe 65
- Abduction 28
- Abkhazians 3
- Abuse of psychiatry 5
- Access to water 8
- Acts of persecution 1
- Administrative courts 1
- Age discrimination 2
- Airports 1
- Albanians 2
- Anti-terrorism law 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 7
- Arabs 7
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 58
- Armed attacks on camps 4
- Armed forces / Military 117
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 137
- Armenian 39
- Assyrians 3
- Asylum-migration nexus 1
- Asylum-seekers 7
- Avars 2
- Azeri 14
- Baptist 2
- Border conflict 71
- Border controls 13
- Border crossers 8
- Bosnian 23
- Buddhist 1
- Catholic 3
- Ceasefire 16
- Chaldean 1
- Chechen 5
- Child labour 20
- Child prostitution 2
- Child soldiers 8
- Children's rights 47
- Children-at-risk 70
- Chinese 2
- Christian 20
- Civil and political rights 43
- Civil war 23
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 14
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 34
- Community development 1
- Complementary forms of protection 2
- Conflict prevention 3
- Conflict resolution 137
- Conflict situation 69
- Constitutional law 3
- Contemporary forms of slavery 5
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Corruption 96
- Coup d'état 2
- Crime prevention 1
- Crimean Tatars 3
- Crimes against humanity 27
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 63
- Croats 11
- Customary law 2
- Death in custody 1
- Death penalty 12
- Death squads 3
- Demobilization / Disarmament 10
- Democracy 12
- Denial of nationality 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 5
- Disappeared persons 18
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 42
- Domestic violence 30
- Drug trafficking 24
- Economic, social and cultural rights 47
- Effective remedy 17
- Election law 8
- Elections 310
- Emigrants 1
- Equal opportunities 7
- Ethnic cleansing 9
- Evacuation 2
- Evangelical 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 5
- Expulsion 2
- Extradition 4
- Extrajudicial executions 19
- Extreme poverty 5
- Family law 1
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 6
- Flight by land, air or sea 1
- Forced labour 6
- Forced marriage 27
- Forced relocation 3
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 6
- Foreign occupation 16
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 33
- Freedom of assembly and association 100
- Freedom of conscience 6
- Freedom of expression 367
- Freedom of information 306
- Freedom of movement 22
- Freedom of religion 81
- Freedom of speech 231
- Gang related violence 3
- Gender discrimination 60
- Gender mainstreaming 16
- Gender-based persecution 9
- Generalized violence 1
- Genocide 33
- Germans 1
- Good governance 187
- HIV and AIDS 11
- Harmful traditional practices 22
- Hazara 2
- Hindu 5
- Honour killings 7
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 45
- Human Rights Council 2
- Human rights activists 71
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 56
- Human rights law 1
- Human rights monitors 11
- Humanitarian assistance 24
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
- Hungarians 1
- Hutus 1
- IDP camps 1
- Illegal entry 1
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
- Immigrants 6
- Immigration Detention 4
- Immunity 8
- Impunity 22
- Income-generating projects 1
- Independence of judiciary 11
- Indigenous persons 2
- Integration 6
- Internal armed conflict 78
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 57
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 1
- International armed conflict 20
- International courts and tribunals 161
- International criminal law 28
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
- Iranians 1
- Jehovah's Witness 2
- Jew 1
- Juvenile justice system 1
- Kalenjin 6
- Kazakhs 7
- Kikuyu 3
- Kurd 47
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 8
- Laws relating to religion 5
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 28
- Livelihoods 26
- Maasai 1
- Macedonians 1
- Maternal and child health care 13
- Mental health 8
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 2
- Mercenaries 1
- Meskhetians 5
- Migrant rights 16
- Migrants 48
- Military courts 1
- Military operations 65
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 17
- Minorities 53
- Minority rights 10
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 92
- National security / Public order 13
- Nomads 1
- Non-self-governing territories 1
- Older persons 1
- Opposition 159
- Orthodox Christian 7
- Ossetians (South) 1
- Palestinian 3
- Pamiris 1
- Pashtun 7
- Passports 13
- Peace agreements 17
- Peace process 34
- Peacekeeping 4
- Pentecostal 2
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 6
- Persecution based on nationality 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 62
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 19
- Persons with disabilities 27
- Piracy 1
- Poles 1
- Police 75
- Political groups 134
- Political parties 213
- Political situation 702
- Polygamy 6
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
- Pre-trial detention 2
- Prison or detention conditions 79
- Prisoners of war 1
- Proof of nationality 1
- Property restitution 5
- Prosecution vs persecution 2
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 10
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 20
- Protestant 1
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 29
- Public health 32
- Punjabis 1
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 16
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Reconciliation 18
- Referendum 15
- Refugee camps 6
- Refugee seamen 1
- Refugees 52
- Religious discrimination 23
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 16
- Resettlement 6
- Residence permits / Residency 4
- Return conditions 13
- Returnees 9
- Right to a nationality 3
- Right to education 71
- Right to employment 22
- Right to family life 2
- Right to food 5
- Right to health 14
- Right to justice 8
- Right to liberty and security 5
- Right to life 1
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to return 4
- Right to self-determination 8
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 2
- Roma 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 65
- Russians 17
- Sabean Mandean 1
- Salafi 4
- Secondary movement 1
- Security forces 90
- Security situation 420
- Serb 17
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 44
- Sexual and reproductive rights 7
- Shabak 1
- Sharia law 9
- Shia 46
- Sikh 6
- Slavs 2
- Small arms 9
- Smuggling of persons 5
- Social group discrimination 9
- Social group persecution 2
- Somalis 3
- Standard of proof 2
- State protection 4
- Statelessness 1
- Sunni 42
- Tajik 8
- Tatars 4
- Terrorism 122
- Threats / Intimidation 5
- Torture 7
- Trafficking in persons 9
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 6
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
- Turkmen 2
- Uighur 1
- Ukrainians 1
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2
- Urban refugees 1
- Uzbek 31
- Visas 5
- Voluntary repatriation 2
- War crimes 64
- Well-founded fear of persecution 1
- Widowed persons 1
- Witchcraft 1
- Witnesses 21
- Women's rights 204
- Women-at-risk 72
- Work permits 1
- Yazīdī 5
- Zoroastrian 4
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