MRGI welcomes Pakistani supreme court decision to overturn death sentence against Asia Bibi
Minority Rights Group International welcomes the decision by Pakistan’s Supreme Court to acquit Asia Bibi, a Roman Catholic woman who…
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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…
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…
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India: MRG & IDSN strongly condemn latest arrests of prominent human rights defenders
On 28 August 2018, five prominent Indian human rights activists were arrested during simultaneous police raids conducted across India. The…
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…
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The Plight of Slavery in Mauritania – Film screening and Q&A
by The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London The plight of slavery in Mauritania: the victims’ struggle to…
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…
Peoples under Threat 2018: Government crackdowns on freedom of speech and political opposition now key factors in threat of mass killing and other violence
The threat of mass killing, genocide and other violence is rising in countries where governments are resorting to repressive measures…
