Overlooked no more: A Victory for the Indigenous Batwa of the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Eunice Nsikak Olembo, Africa Legal Officer at Minority Rights Group Africa. (Photo: Palais du Peuple, seat of the National…
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Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous Batwa Prisoners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED ORGANIZATIONS, express our deep concern about the complete lack of judicial due process in the sentencing of…
Marginalized and violated: Minority and indigenous women are ignored victims of gender-based violence
By Hamimu Masudi, Media Officer at Minority Rights Group Africa When Faith Loyce Nangiro graduated with a Bachelor’s of Medicine…
EPU – La RDC doit passer des engagements aux actes pour garantir les droits traditionnels des peuples autochtones
Human Rights Council – 42ndSession Geneva, Friday 20thSeptember 2019 EPU de la République démocratique du Congo –item 6 Merci…
DRC: The admissibility decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on a case involving the eviction of indigenous people from their ancestral lands represents a beacon of hope
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and Environment Natural Resources and Development (ERND) welcome the adoption by the African Commission on…
MRG, Environnement Ressources Naturelles et Développment, and Rainforest Foundation Norway strongly condemn killing of a Batwa man and park guard in DRC national park and demand a prompt investigation
On 23 April 2019, Matabishi Teso Nabukonjo, an indigenous Batwa man was shot dead in the outskirts of the Kahuzi…
‘Kwibuka’ – to remember. MRG joins in commemorating the Rwandan genocide
This week marks the start of the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Minority Rights Group International (MRG) joins the Rwandan…
UPR of the DRC – MRG and ERND’s submission
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and Environnement Ressources Naturelles et Développement (ERND Institute) have submitted a written contribution ahead of the third Universal…
MRG wholeheartedly condemns killing and injuring of indigenous forest people by guards in DRC national park, demands prompt investigation and urges authorities to uphold law
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) wholeheartedly condemns the killing and injuring of two indigenous Batwa, whilst they were peacefully gathering…
Burundi: Protecting Batwa land rights
MRG and UNIPROBA (on behalf of the Bahakwaninda family) v Burundi The Batwa are a forest people recognized as being…
