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Advocacy statements
- MRG hails UN report on Islamophobia
- HRC44 – Joint oral statement on civil society space in Sri Lanka
- HRC43 – Side Event – Sri Lanka: A failure of justice
- HRC43 – Joint NGO call for the UN to establish an accountability mechanism for Sri Lanka
- HRC41 – MRG concerned by the situation of Muslims, refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka – Joint urgent appeal to provide protection for refugees and asylum seekers
- HRC37 – MRG urges Sri Lanka to address violence against Muslims
- HRC34 – Sri Lanka: MRG calls for accountability and transitional justice
- Sri Lanka: MRG’s reaction to the report of the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL)
Events
News and blogs
- Kick off in Qatar: Who is being overshadowed?
- Side-event at the UN Human Rights Council sheds light on hate speech in South Asia
- A new movement for minority rights in South Asia
- Can Sri Lanka’s minorities dare to hope for change from the nation’s new President?
- Speaking out against the silence: Violence against minority women
- Sri Lanka: Caught in the crossfire
News from our projects
- South Asia Collective COVID-19 Support Grants
- Neelan Tiruchelvam Commemoration Programme: CD of the concert for peace and reconciliation in Colombo is now available
Press releases
- Minority rights protection in South Asia curtailed by minimal engagement with human rights mechanisms, report finds
- Covid-19 further restricts already diminished space for civil society in South Asia, report finds
- COVID-19 strikes South Asia’s minorities at a time when their rights are already threatened across the region, as flagship annual report makes clear
- Six months on, there is still no accountability for attacks on refugees and asylum-seekers in Sri Lanka – new report
- MRG strongly condemns violent attacks in Sri Lanka, calls on the government to ensure the safety of the country’s religious minorities
- Sri Lanka: Outbreak of religious violence against Muslims; MRG calls for end to impunity, arrest and prosecution of those responsible for attacks and hate campaigns
- Intimidation against Lakshan Dias ‘a serious threat to freedom of expression in Sri Lanka,’ raises severe concerns for treatment of country’s religious minorities, MRG
- Threats, intimidation and hate speech against Muslims and Christians continue to mar post-war transition to peace in Sri Lanka – new report
- Legacy of war still haunts minority women in Sri Lanka, says MRG study
- Sri Lanka must curb incitement against minorities, says MRG
Programmes
- Diversity: Impact on Vaccine Equality (DIVE)
- ‘MRG’s flexible and practical support was instrumental in our success’ – SIDA evaluation, 2012-2018
- Protecting the rights of religious minorities
- Supporting Religious Pluralism and Respect for Freedom of Religion or Belief across South Asia (SAC)
- South Asia: Protecting and promoting freedom of religion or belief
- Sri Lanka programme evaluation 2009-2011
- Minorities working together to protect Human Rights in post-war Sri Lanka – evaluation
Publications
- South Asia State of Minorities Report 2022 – Weakening Human Rights Commitments and Its Impact on Minorities
- Diversity: Impact on Vaccine Equity (DIVE)
- Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity in Sri Lanka
- Diversity: Impact on Vaccine Equity (DIVE)
- Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity in Sri Lanka
- South Asia State of Minorities Report 2021 – Hate Speech against Minorities
- South Asia State of Minorities Report 2020 – Minorities and shrinking civic space
- Unsafe at home, unsafe abroad: State obligations towards refugees and asylum-seekers in Sri Lanka
- South Asia State of Minorities Report 2019 – Migrants, refugees and the stateless
- South Asia State of Minorities Report 2018 – Exploring the roots