Karin: The journey of a minority para-athlete

Karin is a documentary about the life of a minority para-athlete from Turkey‘s Armenian community. Despite facing new challenges after moving to Istanbul, Karin discovers her passion for swimming and becomes a para-athlete in national competitions just three...

Six years on: Celebration mixed with concern for the Ogiek of Mau

By Samuel Ade Ndasi, African Union Advocacy and Litigation Officer at Minority Rights Group International The Ogiek indigenous people of the Mau Forest in Kenya are poised for another anniversary celebration on 26 May 2023. This day commemorates their historic victory...

สือนะ ดีสะเอะ : ผลักดันสิทธิในเวทีสหประชาชาติ

Click here to read in English ในเดือนพฤศจิกายน นักกิจกรรมชนกลุ่มน้อยได้รวมตัวกัน ณ กรุงเจนีวา ประเทศสวิตเซอร์แลนด์ เพื่อเข้าร่วมการประชุมในเวทีสหประชาชาติว่าด้วยสิทธิชนกลุ่มน้อย เพื่อส่งเสียงถึงปัญหาที่พวกเขาต้องเผชิญ...

Pushing for rights: Senah Deesa-eh at the UN

คลิกที่นี่เพื่ออ่านภาษาไทย In November, minority activists gathered in Geneva at the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues to make their voices heard. Among them was Senah Deesa-eh, vice-president of Thailand’s Southern Association of Disabilities (SAD). The...

Ana: A Journey of Resilience and Resistance in Istanbul’s Alevi Community

Ana is a film about Sevim Yalıncakoğlu, a 43-year-old accountant who leads a congregation of Alevi people in Okmeydanı, an Alevi ghetto in Istanbul. Despite the state’s efforts to assimilate Alevi people into Islam, Sevim resists and seeks to return Alevi...

No biodiversity action without human rights

By Stefania Carrer, Litigation & Advocacy Officer at Minority Rights Group International  After a long negotiation process leading to the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) during COP 15 at the end of last year, all eyes are now...

Crimean Tatars: The swallows that always return

Tamila Tasheva, a Ukrainian activist and politician, talks to our Media Officer Anna Alboth about the centuries’ long history of human rights violations against Crimean Tatars. Tasheva serves as the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the...

Anybody Hear Me: A short film that Explores the Endangered Kirmancki Dialect of Kurdish and its Impact on Generational Connections

‘Anybody Hear Me’ is a poignant film about the Kirmancki language of Kurdish, which is at risk of linguistic endangerment. Spoken mostly by elderly people, the language decline has interrupted cultural, historical, and psychological transfers between generations. The...

The devastating impact of the recent earthquakes on Turkey’s minorities

On 6 February 2023, 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes occurred at 04:17 hrs and 13:24 hrs respectively, centred on Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. They were felt as far away as Egypt, Lebanon, Cyprus and Iraq, while Syria was also badly affected. Over 50,000 people were killed...

Making the invisible visible

By Anna Alboth, Media Officer at Minority Rights Group Europe  ‘Statelessness is often referred to as an invisible problem, because stateless people often remain unseen and unheard. People without a legal identity are told they do not exist’, said Yvonne Apiyo...

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