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Opinion | 21 Apr 2021

A welcome judgement but not yet justice

By Carl Söderbergh, Director of Policy and Communications at MRG The guilty verdict brought by a jury in the United…

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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