Opinion Archives - Minority Rights Group

Opinion | 27 Apr 2022

Near Włodawa, Poland, there is a border that divides us all

Anna Alboth is Europe Media Officer at Minority Rights Group International. This opinion piece was originally published in Polish by…

Opinion | 02 Mar 2022

Pride, Autocrats, Identity, Nationalism: The Anachronistic Follies of War

By Joshua Castellino, Executive Director There have been many attempts to outlaw war in the history of international relations. Yet…

Opinion | 24 Sep 2021

People as Pawns to Power: The Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis on the Belarusian Border Needs Urgent Attention

By Anna Alboth, Europe Media Programmes Coordinator at MRG For an organisation established on the back of a humanitarian disaster…

Opinion | 21 Apr 2021

A welcome judgment but not yet justice

By Carl Söderbergh The guilty verdict brought by a jury in the United States against ex-police officer Derek Chauvin for…

Opinion | 21 Dec 2020

Reflections on 2020 and what ‘building back better’ ought to mean

By Joshua Castellino, Executive Director at Minority Rights Group As the final embers of 2020 fade, it is important to…

Opinion | 19 Aug 2020

Beating Anger into Empathy: the Need of the Hour in Ethiopia

Written by Joshua Castellino, MRG’s Executive Director, for Inter Press Service. (Image: In Ethiopia, a nine-year-old child carries jerry cans…

Opinion | 04 Jun 2020

In the Name of George

By Joshua Castellino, Executive Director at Minority Rights Group International. (Photo: A protester in Washington DC holds a sign featuring George…

Opinion | 02 Jun 2020

Beyond Commissions: Institutionalizing Minority Rights In Pakistan

By Naumana Suleman, CREID Programme Officer at Minority Rights Group International On the 5th of May the government of Pakistan…

Batwa man in a slum on the outskirts of the town on Kisoro Credit: Paulina Pacula

Opinion | 24 Mar 2020

Covid-19 Emergency relief must reach everyone, including minorities and indigenous peoples

By Claire Thomas, Deputy Director at Minority Rights Group International. This opinion piece was originally published in Thomson Reuters News…

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