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Inclusive Peacebuilding in Thailand’s Southern Border Province - Duration: 1 February 2022 – 31 January 2025 Country: Thailand Communities: Marginalized communities in the deep south, broadly referring to the Patani Muslim community and… …
Protecting the rights of religious minorities - Duration: July 2019 – July 2023 Countries: Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Iraq, Iran, Syria Communities: Chaldo-Assyrian Christians,… …Our archive
All news and updates
- The Rohingya Photographer: A new exhibition in East London (29 March 2023)
- MRG’s recommendations to the UN Forum on Minority Issues (2 December 2022)
- UPR of Thailand: MRG & partners urge the government to withdraw emergency laws affecting minorities (24 March 2022)
- Civil Society Condemns Human Rights Violations against Indigenous Peoples in West Papua (18 June 2021)
- Webinar Overview: ‘The Rights and Equality of Dis/abled People in Thailand’ (8 June 2021)
- MRG hails UN report on Islamophobia (3 March 2021)
- International human rights organizations condemn the recent Panay Massacre (18 January 2021)
- Online hate speech in Myanmar: an evolving threat (20 December 2020)
- Building back better: toward a minority, indigenous and disability-inclusive post-Covid-19 world (3 December 2020)
- COVID-19 pandemic threatens us all, but can we unite to fight it instead of fighting each other? (13 July 2020)
- Hate Speech, Interethnic Violence and ‘Muslim-Free’ Villages: The Rohingya Crisis in an Era of International Indifference (20 February 2019)
- HRC38 – Myanmar: MRG calls for the establishment of an accountability mechanism on crimes committed against the Rohingya population (4 July 2018)
- HRC38 – SR on racism: MRG’s statement on racial and ethnic discrimination as a root cause of statelessness (2 July 2018)
- HRC38 – SR on right to health: MRG calls for Indonesia to ensure accountability and build trust in West Papua (18 June 2018)
- Human Rights in Papua, Indonesia: Right to Life and Right to Health (2 May 2018)
- UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – MRG’s Submission regarding criminalisation and attacks on indigenous peoples defending their rights (16 March 2018)
- SAME VS DIFFERENT: The War of Images (13 March 2018)
- Dialect So-So and Fatoni in My Memory – documentary films on peace and reconciliation in Thailand’s deep south (6 March 2018)
- HRC37 – SR on Freedom of religion and belief: MRG’s reaction to the Special Rapporteur’s study on the relationship between states and religions (2 March 2018)
- Film screening: Promoting peace and reconciliation in Thailand’s deep south (22 January 2018)
- Myanmar/Bangladesh: Rohingya repatriation must be voluntary and take place only once underlying issues are addressed by Myanmar government, MRG says (16 January 2018)
- Rohingya persecution is an extreme case of a much wider problem: new report clearly shows widespread links between discrimination against minorities and statelessness around the world (23 October 2017)
- HRC36 – Myanmar: MRG, alarmed by the situation in the Rakhine state, calls on the HRC to continue monitoring the situation (18 September 2017)
- Myanmar government must desist from collective punishment against Rohingya immediately, MRG says (4 September 2017)
- The most persecuted people on Earth? Responding to the ‘silent genocide’ of the Rohingya (22 March 2017)
- Supporting Peace and Reconciliation in Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces (31 October 2016)
- MRG’s reacts to the UN report on the Rohingya and other minorities in Burma/Myanmar (11 July 2016)
- Burma: Suu Kyi-led government must end ethnic and religious persecution, says MRG (31 March 2016)
- A Cambodian Monk on Identity in New York City (29 March 2016)
- Up the Hills; Down the Valley – a film about indigenous women living with HIV in Vietnam (9 March 2016)
- ‘Life at the Margins’ – new story pack on multiple forms of discrimination faced by minorities and indigenous peoples (8 March 2016)
- Premiere screening and Q&A for documentary ‘Up the Hills; Down the Valley’ (29 February 2016)
- Premier – new MRG documentary screening in Ha Noi (3 December 2015)
- Filep Karma is not enough, Indonesia must free all remaining political prisoners in West Papua, says MRG (25 November 2015)
- Burma: Election must prioritize inclusivity and minority rights, says MRG (4 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Investigate the shooting of two students by police in West Papua, says MRG (30 September 2015)
- Thailand should free Phuketwan journalists immediately, says MRG (31 July 2015)
- A Peer’s Struggle for Justice (24 April 2015)
- Minority Voices Podcast – April 2015 (9 April 2015)
- Cambodia: A haunting past and an uncertain future (11 February 2015)
- One year after the violence began: civil society organizations deeply concerned by the human rights and humanitarian situation of stateless Rohingya (24 June 2013)
- Civil Society Organisations Deeply Concerned by Ongoing Violence against Stateless Rohingya in Myanmar (Burma) and Their Refoulement from Bangladesh (16 July 2012)
- Civil society organizations deeply concerned by on-going violence against stateless Rohingya in Myanmar and their refoulement from Bangladesh (16 July 2012)
- For many indigenous and minority communities, ‘development’ brings only destruction – new global report (28 June 2012)
- Struggle for control of resources in South East Asia feeds ethnic conflict, displacement and threatens livelihoods of minorities and indigenous peoples, new global report (28 June 2012)
- Development with identity (14 March 2012)
- Indonesia: Rising religious intolerance demands stronger response (2 November 2011)
- Ethnic and religious discrimination big challenge for Malaysia’s minorities (25 May 2011)
- MRG condemns attacks on religious minorities in Indonesia (10 February 2011)
- Unraveling the policies of the Khmer Rouge: targeted or mass killings? (6 August 2010)
- Confronting the end of a minority community in Cambodia (13 July 2010)
- Little hope for Rohingya one year on from ordeal on Thai seas (28 January 2010)
- Aceh: return to military ‘business as usual’ (28 April 2005)
- Burma reform setback as moderate Prime Minister is arrested (21 October 2004)
- Lumad and Bangsamoro accuse Philippines government of failing minorities (15 March 2004)
- West Papuan’s desire autonomy and end to Indonesian military operations (15 March 2004)
- Human rights of minorities and civilians under threat in Aceh (20 May 2003)
- Philippine experience exposes human cost of development conflict (13 March 2003)
- Further conflict and humanitarian crisis likely if minority groups are excluded from Burma talks (12 June 2002)
All publications
- Minority and Disability Rights in Thailand’s Deep South (2022)
- The Hate Speech Crisis: Ways to start fixing it – A toolkit for civil society organizations and activists (2022)
- Minority and Indigenous Trends 2021 – Myanmar: For minorities, COVID-19 deepens the effects of conflict (2021)
- Cambodia: Protecting indigenous resources with a community-based monitoring app (2020)
- Thailand: For Thepa’s Pattani Bay community, a coal- red power plant could bring an entire way of life to an end – and in the process accelerate climate change across the planet (2019)
- Minorities in Burma (2007)
- Aceh: Then and now (2005)
- Aceh (2003)
- Development Conflict: The Philippine Experience (2002)
- Development Conflict: The Philippine Experience (2002)
- Indonesia: Regional Conflicts and State Terror (2001)
- The forests and indigenous peoples of Asia: Threatened people, overexploited forests (1999)
- East Timor, West Papua/Irian and Indonesia (1997)
- Minorities in Cambodia (1995)
- Les Autochtones du Vietnam Central (1980)
- East Timor and West Irian (1979)
- The Chinese in Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia (1972)
- Minorities of Central Vietnam: autochthonous Indochinese people (1970)
Our past programmes
- Enhancing quality and universal access to indigenous peoples’ reproductive healthcare (EQUIP) (2021)
- ‘MRG’s flexible and practical support was instrumental in our success’ – SIDA evaluation, 2012-2018 (2020)
- Disability/minority intersectional discrimination project (SIDA disability) (2019)
- Iraq and Pakistan: promoting religious equality for inclusive development (2019)
- Thailand: Empowering Thai civil society organizations representing marginalised communities in the Southern Border Provinces (2018)
- Strengthening the capacity of minorities and indigenous peoples to advocate for implementation of international standards (2015)
- Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Asia Programme (2006)
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Advocacy statements
- MRG’s recommendations to the UN Forum on Minority Issues
- UPR of Thailand: MRG & partners urge the government to withdraw emergency laws affecting minorities
- Civil Society Condemns Human Rights Violations against Indigenous Peoples in West Papua
- MRG hails UN report on Islamophobia
- HRC38 – Myanmar: MRG calls for the establishment of an accountability mechanism on crimes committed against the Rohingya population
- HRC38 – SR on racism: MRG’s statement on racial and ethnic discrimination as a root cause of statelessness
- HRC38 – SR on right to health: MRG calls for Indonesia to ensure accountability and build trust in West Papua
- UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – MRG’s Submission regarding criminalisation and attacks on indigenous peoples defending their rights
- HRC37 – SR on Freedom of religion and belief: MRG’s reaction to the Special Rapporteur’s study on the relationship between states and religions
- HRC36 – Myanmar: MRG, alarmed by the situation in the Rakhine state, calls on the HRC to continue monitoring the situation
Documentary films
- Dialect So-So and Fatoni in My Memory – documentary films on peace and reconciliation in Thailand’s deep south
- Up the Hills; Down the Valley – a film about indigenous women living with HIV in Vietnam
Events
- The Rohingya Photographer: A new exhibition in East London
- Human Rights in Papua, Indonesia: Right to Life and Right to Health
- Film screening: Promoting peace and reconciliation in Thailand’s deep south
- Premiere screening and Q&A for documentary ‘Up the Hills; Down the Valley’
- Premier – new MRG documentary screening in Ha Noi
News and blogs
- Online hate speech in Myanmar: an evolving threat
- Building back better: toward a minority, indigenous and disability-inclusive post-Covid-19 world
- COVID-19 pandemic threatens us all, but can we unite to fight it instead of fighting each other?
- Hate Speech, Interethnic Violence and ‘Muslim-Free’ Villages: The Rohingya Crisis in an Era of International Indifference
- SAME VS DIFFERENT: The War of Images
- The most persecuted people on Earth? Responding to the ‘silent genocide’ of the Rohingya
- A Cambodian Monk on Identity in New York City
- A Peer’s Struggle for Justice
- Minority Voices Podcast – April 2015
- Cambodia: A haunting past and an uncertain future
News from our projects
- Webinar Overview: ‘The Rights and Equality of Dis/abled People in Thailand’
- Supporting Peace and Reconciliation in Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces
Press releases
- Myanmar/Bangladesh: Rohingya repatriation must be voluntary and take place only once underlying issues are addressed by Myanmar government, MRG says
- Rohingya persecution is an extreme case of a much wider problem: new report clearly shows widespread links between discrimination against minorities and statelessness around the world
- Myanmar government must desist from collective punishment against Rohingya immediately, MRG says
- Burma: Suu Kyi-led government must end ethnic and religious persecution, says MRG
- ‘Life at the Margins’ – new story pack on multiple forms of discrimination faced by minorities and indigenous peoples
- Filep Karma is not enough, Indonesia must free all remaining political prisoners in West Papua, says MRG
- Burma: Election must prioritize inclusivity and minority rights, says MRG
- Indonesia: Investigate the shooting of two students by police in West Papua, says MRG
- Thailand should free Phuketwan journalists immediately, says MRG
- One year after the violence began: civil society organizations deeply concerned by the human rights and humanitarian situation of stateless Rohingya
Statements
What we do
- Inclusive Peacebuilding in Thailand’s Southern Border Province
- Enhancing quality and universal access to indigenous peoples’ reproductive healthcare (EQUIP)
- ‘MRG’s flexible and practical support was instrumental in our success’ – SIDA evaluation, 2012-2018
- Disability/minority intersectional discrimination project (SIDA disability)
- Protecting the rights of religious minorities
- Iraq and Pakistan: promoting religious equality for inclusive development
- Thailand: Empowering Thai civil society organizations representing marginalised communities in the Southern Border Provinces
- Strengthening the capacity of minorities and indigenous peoples to advocate for implementation of international standards
- Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Asia Programme
Publications
- Minority and Disability Rights in Thailand’s Deep South
- The Hate Speech Crisis: Ways to start fixing it – A toolkit for civil society organizations and activists
- Minorities in Burma
- Aceh: Then and now
- Key Issues for Religious Minorities Rights in Asia
- Aceh
- Development Conflict: The Philippine Experience
- Development Conflict: The Philippine Experience
- Indonesia: Regional Conflicts and State Terror
- The forests and indigenous peoples of Asia: Threatened people, overexploited forests
