Are campaigners putting planetary concerns before people?
Indigenous communities are protectors of forest, yet they are being forced out by groups including environmental campaigners. India has a…
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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…
Bambuti and Batwa in the shadows of DRC’s flawed election
MRG Africa’s Media Officer Hamimu Masudi reflects on the significance of DRC’s recent elections on the Bambuti and Batwa communities,…
One year Later: The Landmark Judgement in the case of Saïd and Yarg against Mauritania
Julie Barrière is MRG’s Legal Programmes Assistant and reflects on the one year anniversary of the landmark judgement in a…
Minority and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights on the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Today, as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Legal Intern…
Raising Child Statelessness and Slavery Conditions at the ACERWC, 32nd Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa
Julie Barrière is MRG’s Legal Programmes Assistant and recently travelled to Addis Ababa to meet partners and experts from the…
Ukraine: How Transcarpathian football got its own “Roma” FC
A football programme for Roma youth in Ukraine is empowering this marginalized minority community to gain confidence and participate in…
Mauritania under review. Discrimination Exposed
Camilla Taddei is MRG’s Legal Intern and recently traveled to Geneva to attend the meeting of the UN Committee Against…
Ogiek justice: now!
On 26 May 2017, after 8 long years, the Ogiek indigenous community won an historic land rights case against the…
SAME VS DIFFERENT: The War of Images
Panupong Boontongchuay, is an intern with MRG’s programme in Thailand’s Deep South. Here he reflects how a trip to the…
