Updates on changing country conditions that affect pending asylum claims: new laws, security shifts and fresh reporting.
Three events define Colombia in 2026. First, the election. De la Espriella, a lawyer with no prior elected...
Oct 5, 2026
Several distinct developments mark the post-COP29 crackdown. The Aliyev government appears to have interpreted external silence during the...
May 23, 2026
540K+Uyghurs in formal prison custody (vs camps), 2026 est.[^2] The mass-detention phase peaked in 2017–2019. Since 2020, two...
May 19, 2026
In 2024, the RSF consolidated its hold over Khartoum, North Khartoum, and Omdurman while pushing into Central Sudan....
Three patterns stand out in 2026. First, criminal prosecutions under Article 336 have continued at elevated rates. Second,...
Three patterns stand out in early 2026. First, federal forces have continued aerial strikes on towns in North...
Three patterns stand out in early 2026. First, targeting of Tishreen-linked activists has increased compared to the 2024...
The most important change is the move online. In 2024 and 2025, the National Commission for Human Rights...
The first major change is the continued spread of state-level anti-conversion laws. Twelve states now have these laws...
The crisis began in earnest in May 2024 when the Georgian Dream government passed the "Law on Transparency...
Eritrea's core human rights problems remain exactly the same. The government has made no reforms. Conscription, which Eritrea...
Albania has made measurable progress on EU accession. The screening process for all 33 negotiation chapters is now...