15 March 2016 | Guardian
North Macedonia
More than 2,000 refugees and asylum seekers cross border from Greece into Macedonia where they are stopped by security forces; 30 journalists, arrested during the operation, in custody in town of Gevgelija
Hundreds of refugees make defiant journey on foot into Macedonia (Media Report, English)
15 March 2016 | Guardian
Myanmar
Htin Kyaw elected by parliament as first non-military president since 1962
Myanmar parliament elects Htin Kyaw as first civilian president in 53 years (Media Report, English)
15 February 2016 | Guardian
Syrian Arab Republic
Article on security-related developments regarding Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG)
Kurds carve out new reality in northern Syria (Media Report, English)
7 February 2016 | Guardian
State of Palestine
West Bank: 23 homes destroyed by Israeli authorities and more than 100 people made homeless; Israeli High Court to hear injunction against planned demolition of 10 more homes
Palestinian villagers fear further home demolitions by Israeli army (Media Report, English)
29 January 2016 | Guardian
Gambia
Article on political developments and human rights (role of Islam; information on regime of president Yayah Jammeh; ban on human rights organisations; criminalisation of homosexual conduct)
Happy hour and drinks are still flowing in the Gambia, the newest Islamic state (Media Report, English)
22 January 2016 | Guardian
Eritrea
According to report by Advisory Group on Country of Origin Information, UK asylum decisions rejecting asylum claims from Eritrea were based on flawed information that suggested returns to the country were safe
UK 'using misleading information' to return Eritrean asylum seekers (Media Report, English)
13 January 2016 | Guardian
Mexico
Morelos state: Gisela Mota, mayor of Temixco, shot dead by unknown assailants on second day of her term in office
Young, idealistic – and dead: the Mexican mayor gunned down on her second day (Media Report, English)
12 January 2016 | Guardian
Algeria
Government proposes 2 draft constitutional reforms including limit of 2 presidential terms; drafts also include amendments to make Amazigh, language of Berber ethnic minority, an official language
Algeria proposes constitutional reforms (Media Report, English)
10 January 2016 | Guardian
China
Hong Kong: Thousands protest in demand of release of 5 book sellers who went missing in October 2015; all 5 of them had specialised on books critical of leaders of China's Communist Party
Thousands of Hong Kong protesters gather to demand release of booksellers (Media Report, English)
7 January 2016 | Guardian
Syrian Arab Republic
According to UN, Syrian government has agreed to allow humanitarian aid into besieged town of Madaya; Fua and Kefraya, 2 towns besieged by rebel coalition, are also to receive humanitarian deliveries
Syrian regime to allow aid into besieged, starving town (Media Report, English)