The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting South Asia during a period of sustained assaults by governments on the rights of minorities.…
Note: we are no longer accepting applications for this call. While the COVID-19 pandemic affects wider society across South Asia,…
UN Human Rights Council 39th session Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the…
16 March 2018 Further to the consultation being held on 19-20 March 2018 by the Special Rapporteur on the rights…
Commenting on the 16 January 2018 announcement that the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments have signed an agreement to begin the…
Duration: June 2015-December 2016 Location: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Minorities: Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Sunni or Shi’a Muslims, Ahmadis and…
Since 2013, Bangladesh has experienced a series of violent attacks by extremists. The victims have included – besides atheists, secular…
Bangladesh has singularly failed to protect its Ahmadi, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Shi’a Muslim communities from a new outbreak of…
Jasmin Qureshi works in MRG’s Communications Team. Here she reports back from a seminar in Kathmandu, Nepal on minority rights…
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) Deputy Director, Claire Thomas, writes this opinion piece for the Thomson Reuters News Foundation.
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Despite this worrying global situation, we reaffirm our commitment to safeguarding the rights of minority and indigenous communities and implementing indivisible human rights for all.
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A sub-grant programme to support for CSOs in MENA, South Asia and Southeast Asia working to address the situation minorities face in the context of COVID-19.
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