Yezidi activist Nadia Murad wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Nadia Murad, a 25-year-old Yezidi woman, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018, along with Congolese gynaecological surgeon…
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Exclusion at the heart of today’s migration and displacement – new key trends survey
Migration is a key focus of many elections around the world in 2018. However, what is often lost in political…
Minority Rights Group International appoints Professor Joshua Castellino as new Executive Director
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) announced today that Professor Joshua Castellino will succeed Mark Lattimer as the organization’s new Executive…
Ukrainian authorities must take immediate action against right-wing violence targeting the Roma population
Minority Rights Group Europe (MRGE) calls on the Ukrainian authorities to take urgent and immediate action against the violent targeting…
Peoples under Threat 2018: Government crackdowns on freedom of speech and political opposition now key factors in threat of mass killing and other violence
This press release is also available in Bulgarian, Slovak and Hungarian. The threat of mass killing, genocide and other violence is…
Rights denied – Rouhani’s promise to Iran’s minorities proves empty, new report
Despite some limited gestures of conciliation since the election of Hassan Rouhani in 2013, Iran’s ethnic and religious minorities are…
Sri Lanka: Outbreak of religious violence against Muslims; MRG calls for end to impunity, arrest and prosecution of those responsible for attacks and hate campaigns
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) condemns the religious violence against Muslims over the last week, and urges the Sri Lankan…
Executive Director of Minority Rights Group International, Mark Lattimer, will step down to lead new human rights initiative
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) announced today that its Executive Director, Mark Lattimer, will be leaving the organisation in May…
MRG joins tributes to former Council member Asma Jahangir
Minority Rights Group International expressed its sadness today on the passing of Asma Jahangir, a former Council member of the…
La décision du Comité des droits de l’enfant de l’Union Africaine représente une avancée majeure dans la lutte pour l’éradication de l’esclavage en Mauritanie, selon des groupes de défense des droits humains
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) et Anti-Slavery International saluent l’adoption de la décision historique du Comité Africain d’Experts sur les…
