The Hate Speech Crisis: Ways to start fixing it – A toolkit for civil society organizations and activists
The world is seeing an explosion of hate speech. One analysis records a 400-fold increase in the use of hate…
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Enhancing quality and universal access to indigenous peoples’ reproductive healthcare (EQUIP)
We sincerely regret that this programme was forced to close in the second year of a planned four-year project, due…
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MRG hails UN report on Islamophobia
Human Rights Council – 46th Session Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief – item…
Online hate speech in Myanmar: an evolving threat
Hate speech against minorities remains a major concern in Myanmar. Like other countries, the root causes and drivers of hate…
COVID-19 pandemic threatens us all, but can we unite to fight it instead of fighting each other?
By Meera Thoompail, Intern at Minority Rights Group International. Photo: Stateless Rohingya in an internally displaced persons camp, Sittwe, Rakhine (Source:…
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Protecting the rights of religious minorities
Duration: July 2019 – July 2023 Countries: Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Iraq,…
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Iraq and Pakistan: promoting religious equality for inclusive development
Duration: 2019 – 2022 Countries: Iraq, Myanmar, Pakistan Communities: Various What is this programme about? Are people who hold a…
Hate Speech, Interethnic Violence and ‘Muslim-Free’ Villages: The Rohingya Crisis in an Era of International Indifference
In Myanmar’s Rakhine State the Rohingya minority, predominantly Muslim, has been subject to the most horrifying human rights violations. The…
HRC38 – Myanmar: MRG calls for the establishment of an accountability mechanism on crimes committed against the Rohingya population
UN Human Rights Council 38thsession Interactive Dialogue on the situation of the Rohingya in Myanmar (item 2) Mister President,…
