Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Kurd 42
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 41
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Military law 2
Military operations 92
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Muslim 67
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Nepalis 1
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One-child policy / Family planning 4
Opposition 91
Orderly return 3
Palestinian 31
Peace agreements 73
Peace process 34
Peacekeeping 225
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Persecution based on political opinion 68
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 25
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Physical harm 1
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Police 71
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Political situation 241
Polygamy 3
Pre-entry procedures 1
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Prison or detention conditions 23
Property restitution 1
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Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
Protection of camps 2
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 132
Protestant 3
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Public health 24
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Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 6
Reception 5
Reconciliation 5
Referendum 16
Refugee / Asylum law 1
Refugee camps 44
Refugees 282
Regional instruments 1
Reintegration 13
Rejected asylum-seekers 1
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Returnees 34
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Right to development 1
Right to education 5
Right to employment 1
Right to family life 1
Right to food 18
Right to health 12
Right to justice 19
Right to liberty and security 2
Right to life 2
Right to return 2
Right to seek asylum 2
Right to self-determination 4
Rohingya (Arakanese) 14
Roma 8
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 23
Rwandans 3
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Salafi 4
Sanctions 19
Secondary movement 3
Security forces 97
Security situation 430
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 163
Shabak 2
Sharia law 3
Shia 31
Sindhis 1
Small arms 6
Smuggling of persons 2
Social group discrimination 4
State of emergency 20
State protection 1
Statelessness 4
Statelessness Determination Procedures 2
Sunni 17
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
Tamil 7
Tatars 4
Terrorism 143
Threats / Intimidation 1
Tibetan 16
Torture 4
Trafficking in persons 15
Transit 1
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 4
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Tuareg 5
Turkmen 2
Tutsis 4
Uighur 25
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Urban refugees 2
Visas 3
Voluntary repatriation 27
War crimes 95
Witchcraft 1
Witnesses 1
Women's rights 54
Women-at-risk 21
Yazīdī 6

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Emergency meeting called as Ebola spreads to Congolese city – UN health agency 17 May 2018 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Kidnappings, killings in DR Congo's Virunga national park 15 May 2018 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
IRIN contributor expelled from Congo 12 May 2018 \| Publisher: IRIN \| Document type: Country News
Children 'are dying' now in DRC's Kasai from malnutrition, warns UNICEF 11 May 2018 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Attacks on reporters by governor's bodyguards in DRC's Kasai province 11 May 2018 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
West and Central Africa: Attacks on journalists reach alarming levels 2 May 2018 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
Displaced Congolese Face Being Returned to Harm's Way 20 April 2018 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
Amnesty pushes for victims' rights at OECD Minerals Forum 17 April 2018 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
SADC: Move from declarations to action to end the crisis in the DRC 16 April 2018 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
Overview of the Political Crisis in DR Congo and the Human Rights, Security, and Humanitarian Consequences 9 April 2018 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News

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