Partner publications

8 July 2024

Iran: Upholding Human Rights & Dignity of the Kurdish Kulbar Community

The Kurdish community engaged in kulbari confronts significant obstacles in accessing human rights protections and living with dignity.

21 June 2024

Anti-Discrimination Laws in Middle East and North Africa: Egypt, Iran, Türkiye, and Tunisia

This report explains the impact of anti-discrimination laws on minorities and indigenous peoples in the MENA region.

12 April 2024

The Abkhaz in Turkey: Navigating identity, unity and belonging

Abkhazs residing in Turkey share a profound historical connection with their homeland, Abkhazia. This report explores the multifaceted…

12 April 2024

Report on the monitoring of discrimination experienced by Dom, Abdal and Roma people in Southern Türkiye following the 2023 earthquake

Drawing on verified information, this study exposes various forms of discrimination against Dom, Abdal and Roma communities in the period…

12 April 2024

Circassians and Abkhaz-Abazas in metropolitan areas: The case of Istanbul and Ankara

Just as the invisibility of minorities in general, minorities in urban and metropolitan areas are also invisible to a large extent. Today,…

12 April 2024

Children’s access to Zazaki (Kirmanjki)

This report is the result of field visits conducted in Diyarbakır between October 15 and November 15, 2023 to identify the problems faced…

25 September 2023

Armenian Culture in Anatolia: Dishes, Weddings, Funerals and Holidays

In Anatolia’s rich history, there have been many periods where cultures met and interacted. One of these periods is the early 20th…

25 September 2023

Diyarbakir, Mardin, Şırnak Field Report

This ethnographic research aims to show the historical continuity of purging Assyrians from the provinces of Diyarbakır, Mardin, and…

24 September 2023

Circassian Minority in Türkiye: Samsun Case

Although Türkiye’s cultural and linguistic diversity is quite broad and thus rich, there is no updated consensual data on the languages…

24 September 2023

Antigypsism Against Dom Groups in the Earthquake Region

Dom, who are among the groups discriminated against in Türkiye through the stigma of ‘Gypsy’, are among the vulnerable groups…

12 May 2023

Rapid Assessment Survey Report: Barriers to Participation of PWDs in Kenya’s 2022 General Elections

Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) comprise about 2 per cent of Kenya’s population per the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census. Over…

16 February 2023

South Asia State of Minorities Report 2022 – Weakening Human Rights Commitments and Its Impact on Minorities

The condition of minorities in South Asia, home to a fifth of humankind, is grim, to say the least. Religious, ethnic and linguistic…

31 December 2022

Latest updates regarding minorities in Türkiye – December 2022

The MARC bulletin is a bi-annual publication produced by a network that aims at documenting, monitoring and promoting minority rights in…

30 September 2022

Disinformation used in political electioneering in Punjab by-elections

In March 2022 opposition parties in Pakistan initiated a no-confidence motion in the then ruling Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf…

29 September 2022

Hatefull Places: Punjab, the epicentre of hate speech in Pakistan – A geospatial analysis of Twitter conversations

This report used a social media listening tool to detect common hate speech terms targeting different sects and religions in Pakistan. One…

16 May 2022

Implement Endorois Decision 276/03: Report on the impact of non-implementation of the African Commission’s Endorois decision

This report presents findings on the impact of the non-implementation of the recommendations of the African Commission on Human and…

1 April 2022

Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity in Kenya

The impact of Covid-19 has become complex and dynamic in different levels. With more opportunities for a few and more challenges for the…

31 March 2022

Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity in Sri Lanka

Covid-19 has shed light on ongoing disparities in vaccine access and confidence among different ethnic groups worldwide. Against this…

30 March 2022

Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity (DIVE) in Pakistan

This is the second bulletin of the research, conducted by Bytes for All (B4A) and Minority Rights Group (MRG), with the aim of tracking and…

22 February 2022

Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity in Kenya

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic saw countries adopt nationalist pro-self-tactics, closing their borders, banning exports and seizing…

17 February 2022

Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity in Pakistan

Bytes for All (B4A) conducted this research, in association with Minority Rights Group (MRG), with the aim to track and understand online…

7 February 2022

Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity in Sri Lanka

Covid-19 has shed light on ongoing disparities in vaccine access and confidence among different ethnic groups worldwide. Verité Research…

24 January 2022

South Asia State of Minorities Report 2021 – Hate Speech against Minorities

In most of the countries of South Asia, hate speech is increasingly used by majority groups against minorities on the basis of religion,…

31 December 2021

Latest updates regarding minorities in Türkiye – December 2021

Minority Rights Group Europe publishes its bi-annual bulletin that introduces major issues of minority rights in the last six months (July-…

30 June 2021

Latest updates regarding minorities in Türkiye – June 2021

The Minorities, Accountability, Rights, Collaboration (MARC) programme aims to contribute to the full realization of the rights of ethnic,…

10 June 2021

Good practice in protecting people from modern slavery during the Covid-19 pandemic

The pandemic has had a major impact on people experiencing forms of exploitation falling under the umbrella term of modern slavery. The…

1 June 2021

A Survey Report on how the marginalized communities in IDP sites in Mogadishu and Kismayo perceive their exclusion

This Survey was conducted by the Marginalized Communities Advocates – Network (MCA-N) with support from UNHCR targeting a population…

1 April 2021

Peace or into pieces: Conflict Analysis and Mapping for Isiolo and Marsabit Counties, Kenya

This conflict report was produced by MRG partners in the framework of the programme ‘Networks for Peace: Preventing and Resolving…

29 March 2021

Online hatred pushing minorities to the periphery: An analysis of Pakistani social media feeds

Hate speech has long been pervasive in Pakistani society, especially directed towards individuals and groups belonging to minority faiths…

29 March 2021

The cost of hate speech: Policy brief for Punjab

Pakistan is a religiously diverse country. Since its inception in 1947, it has been facing issues of intolerance and hate speech. Despite…

23 February 2021

Covid-19 response action for Roma in Ukraine

Members of Roma communities in Ukraine have been facing limited access to healthcare services, restricted access of education,…

1 February 2021

Strategic Intelligence map: Social Justice

Tragic events have focused more on the structural inequalities and injustices undermining our collective security and economic well-being….

7 December 2020

South Asia State of Minorities Report 2020 – Minorities and shrinking civic space

Across South Asia, civil society is being increasingly constrained. It is either too nascent, due to late democratic development, or where…

25 November 2020

Violence and Discrimination against Women of Religious Minority Backgrounds in Pakistan

Women who belong to religious minorities, who are socioeconomically excluded and are vulnerable to multiple sources of gender-based…

8 August 2020

State of health and education among minority and indigenous peoples in Kenya

In 2015, all member states of the United Nations (UN) adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as a universal call to action to…

1 July 2020

Networks for peace: A case of the Basongora and Batuku Minority Communities in Rwenzori Sub-region in Uganda

This conflict report was produced by MRG partners in the framework of the programme ‘Networks for Peace: Preventing and Resolving…

5 March 2020

Baseline study on sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR) in Mandera County, Kenya

The baseline survey was commissioned by Minority Rights Group International in February 2020 with the aim of collecting, analysing,…

1 November 2019

Unsafe at home, unsafe abroad: State obligations towards refugees and asylum-seekers in Sri Lanka

Following the 21 April 2019 attacks in Sri Lanka, also known as the ‘Easter Sunday bombings’, targeting churches and hotels in…

5 July 2019

Rwanda: Final baseline study report

This is a report conducted by African Initiative for Mankind Progress Organization (AIMPO), Women’s Organization for Promoting Unity…

1 January 2019

South Asia State of Minorities Report 2019 – Migrants, refugees and the stateless

As conflict, persecution or the pursuit of better opportunities has led to increased migration throughout South Asia, our understanding of…

1 January 2018

South Asia State of Minorities Report 2018 – Exploring the roots

South Asia’s minorities – religious and linguistic groups, especially women and those from Dalit backgrounds amongst them, and the many…

31 July 2017

International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – Statelessness and human rights treaties – quick reference guide

This reference guide highlights key international human rights provisions in the ICERD that are directly relevant to preventing and…

1 January 2016

South Asia State of Minorities Report 2016 – Mapping the terrain

The inaugural edition of the South Asia State of Minorities Report series seeks to create a baseline of minority groups and minority rights…

27 October 2015

Discrimination based on Colour, Ethnic Origin, Language, Religion and Belief in Turkey’s Education System

Türkiye’s education system, despite the country’s legal commitments to provide equitable and non-discriminatory education to all,…

21 September 2015

Learning Sustainable Participation: A toolkit on democratic structures and fundraising strategies for grassroots citizen organisations in Europe

There is an alarming rise in support for far-right parties and movements in Europe. They are generating xenophobic and racist sentiments…

1 July 1992

Bangladesh is my Motherland: A case study of Bengali and English language development and use among a group of Bengali pupils in Britain

This paper is based on a term’s research undertaken for a Diploma in Education (with Special Reference to the Role of Language in…