Americas
Americas
The Deportation of Iraqi Citizens from the US: a Legal and Moral Question
MRG legal intern Lorenza Cocco, who is currently working on the Ceasefire Program focusing on the protection of human rights…
MRG calls on President Trump to stop enabling racism and hate attacks in the US
The alarming rise in racism, xenophobia and hate attacks in the USA is directly connected to the offensive rhetoric of…
Trump executive order on controversial oil pipeline ‘deeply disappointing’ but ‘no surprise,’ says MRG
U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order, just four days after his inauguration, clearing the way for the…
Belize: Advocating Maya people’s rights to land
In 2004, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a report recognising Maya people’s collective rights to land traditionally…
MRG gravely concerned that hate speech during the Trump campaign represents a ‘clear and imminent’ threat towards minorities worldwide
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) warns that the rhetoric of the recent US elections, particularly from the campaign of President-elect…
Chagos Islands: The Right of Return for the Chagossians
The Chagossians were forcibly removed from their ancestral home on the Chagos Islands by the United Kingdom in the 1970s…
Chile: Mapuche and the right to non-discrimination and equality
Chile v Mapuche MRG submitted an amicus brief in this case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the ‘Inter-American…
Colombia |
Saying NO to peace in Colombia increases the risks for indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities, but for everyone’s sake the agreement must be salvaged
Sol Giraldos is a Colombian intern supporting MRG’s cultural and fundraising work in our London office. She has been living…
