Agnes Ushang Ingwu
Ushang Ingwu takes on male village leaders and challenges traditional laws to better the lives of Bette women, in Cross River state, Nigeria. Read her story...
Uncertainty and injustice for minority refugees from Iraq
NEW REPORT
Refugees from Iraq’s minorities face insecurity and risk losing their religious and cultural identity as they try to seek refuge in neighbouring countries and Western Europe, a report by Minority Rights Group International says.
In a landmark new report on the situation of Iraqi uprooted minorities, MRG says that many of the people who flee Iraq undertake very dangerous journeys to get to Europe often only to be met with restrictive asylum policies, discrimination and in some cases forcible return. Read the full press release in English, Hungarian, Spanish or French.
Read or download the full report and watch five powerful short films featuring interviews with Iraqi asylum seekers and refugees. These films were made in conjunction with the research for this report.
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Agnes Ushang Ingwu
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Team blogging in Kampala
Team building, learning about minorities in Africa and media training, all in a few days work for MRG’s media officer Farah Mihlar. Visit the MRG blog to see her post from Kampala. Read more...
News
Minority Rights Group requests urgent UN intervention in illegal eviction of Kenya's Ogiek community
With over 15,000 Ogiek families facing forced eviction from their ancestral home, the Mau Forest Complex in Kenya, Minority Rights Group International (MRG) has written to several UN experts, urging their immediate intervention to halt the removals.
The Government of Kenya has set 31 December as the deadline to "recover a total of 24,000 hectares of Mau Forest", the ancestral home of the Ogiek community. However, in common with most indigenous peoples, the Ogiek have no title deeds evidencing their ownership of the land.