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Media and minorities: Roundtables as a tool for exchange
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MRG urges the African Union to put in place positive measures to ensure that no one is left behind
This statement on the human rights situation of indigenous communities and minorities in Africa was delivered by Samuel Ade Ndasi to the…
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27 January 2021
International solidarity makes Auschwitz a living memorial
‘Over 200,000 children were murdered in Auschwitz. Completely innocent, good, curious about life, loving their closest ones, trusting…
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21 June 2021
Becoming European: Abou Sene, fisherman, activist and asylum seeker from the Gambia
Just one day after the World Refugee Day, join this event to hear Abou Sene, one of the protagonists of our documentary ‘Stolen…
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20 June 2023
Minority and Indigenous Trends 2023 – Focus on water
The past year saw some of the worst cyclones recorded in the Pacific, some of the costliest and worst ever recorded floods in Australia,…
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27 November 2019
A rights-based framework for minority and indigenous languages in Africa: From endangerment to revitalization
It is estimated that between 6,000 and 7,000 languages are currently spoken worldwide, of which approximately half, if not more, will…
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7 May 2010
Uncounted: the hidden lives of Batwa women
Despite being the original inhabitants of the equatorial forests of Africa’s Great Lakes region, Batwa are, in official terms,…
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12 December 2008
The Right to Learn: Batwa Education in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
The Batwa communities of the Great Lakes Region are mainly former hunter-gatherers who have been evicted from their forest homes over the…
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21 June 2021 • 5:00 – 6:00 pm BST
Becoming European – Abou Sene, fisherman, activist and asylum seeker from the Gambia
Why do people leave Gambia? How does it feel? What does new European Abou dream about? Abou Sene is a Gambian fisherman and activist who…
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