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Az új klímaváltozásról szóló ENSZ csomag kizárja a legérintettebbeket
20 November 2008
Proceso de Naciones Unidas para llegar a un acuerdo frente al cambio climático, excluye a los mas afectados
20 November 2008
UN process in reaching a new climate change deal excludes those most affected
20 November 2008
Evicted Kenyan indigenous community demands share of tourism revenue on World Responsible Tourism Day
14 November 2008
Reserved seats for minorities a must before Iraq election law comes into effect
2 October 2008

Embargoed until 3 October 2008

States slow to encourage African Court, says international human rights group
21 September 2008
Embargo: 24 September 2008, 01:00 hrs (GMT + 3)
Kenya six months on: A new beginning or business as usual?
28 August 2008
MRG launches new online 'Trouble in Paradise' campaign calling for tourism industry to respect indigenous rights in Kenya
12 August 2008
MRG new report critically analyses EU's handling of minority rights in accession process
25 June 2008

Diary note and invitation

Minority and indigenous groups - silent victims of climate change says new global report
11 March 2008
Embargoed until 07:00 GMT 11 March 2008
Spread of conflict makes Africa's peoples the most threatened in the world - new global survey
25 February 2008

Embargoed until February 27 2008 (01.00 GMT) 

Afghanistan and Burma top global ranking of Peoples Under Threat, Sri Lanka and Pakistan show major rises
25 February 2008

Embargoed until February 27 2008 (01.00 GMT) 

Greek human rights activist target of hate campaign following conviction of Holocaust denial author
21 January 2008
Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamils and Muslims worst affected in country's human rights crisis
13 December 2007

Embargoed until 0800 GMT Friday 14th December 2007

Türkiye’de azınlıkların eşitlik arayışına dair yeni bir rapor
10 December 2007
New report on minorities' quest for equality in Turkey
10 December 2007
Lasting solution for Kosovo lies in protection of minority rights, says international human rights group
7 December 2007

Embargoed 7 December 2007, 0:01 GMT

Minority rights downplayed in European Commissions progress reports on South East Europe
19 November 2007
MRG calls for the tourism industry to respect indigenous rights on World Responsible Tourism Day
10 November 2007
Ahead of crucial EU report MRG warns of dramatic rise in intolerance against minorities in Turkey
5 November 2007
Turkish military moving into Iraq will put minorities under severe risk
25 October 2007
Rights groups welcome new UN forum on minorities
28 September 2007
Atsuko Tanaka-Fox
30 August 2007
Los Afro-Peruanos son los más afectados por el terremoto en Perú, pero no les esta llegando ayuda humanitaria
24 August 2007
Afro-Peruvians not getting vital aid despite being worst affected in Peru earthquake
22 August 2007
As UN marks World Indigenous Day, Minority Rights Group International warns of Trouble in Paradise
9 August 2007
El Legado Mixto De Los Sandinistas Para La Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua
26 July 2007
Sandinista's mixed legacy for Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast
26 July 2007
First test on human rights for Gordon Brown - FCO appeals to Lords over Chagossians
26 June 2007
Minority Rights Group International welcomes the election of pro-Kurdish MPs in Turkey, warns much remains to be achieved
24 June 2007
Sikhs appeal French government's ban on right to wear turbans at Europe's highest human rights court
11 June 2007
Chagos Islanders win right to return - British court rules in their favour
23 May 2007
China's development strategy fails to benefit critical ethnic minorities and masks repression
25 April 2007
Somalia tops list of countries where minorities most under threat
20 March 2007
African States are the most dangerous in the world for minorities, but South Africa comes top in a global list of best ethnic political representation - new report
20 March 2007
Situation for minorities has deteriorated fastest in Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the last year - new report
20 March 2007
Iraq's ignored minorities face extinction - new MRG report
26 February 2007
EU should halt funding to Bulgaria unless Roma concerns are met
22 February 2007
Chagos Islanders return to High Court for fresh appeal by Foreign and Commonwealth Office
2 February 2007
Roma - Europe's forgotten victims of the Holocaust
25 January 2007
India has failed to replicate success in Tamil Nadu to halt other ethnic conflicts
14 December 2006
International support needed to help Turkey's displaced people
30 November 2006
Turkey's Christian and other religious minorities face discrimination and rights violations
28 November 2006
UK Ambassador says Sudanese President must face international justice if no improvement in Darfur
23 November 2006
Many electoral systems across the world still exclude minorities - new MRG report
20 November 2006
More than a decade after the death of Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa Niger Delta's ethnic groups continue to pay the high cost of oil extraction
10 November 2006
Turkey human rights abuses rise amidst rising religious and nationalist extremism
7 November 2006
Less protection for those who change religion will deepen discrimination for India's most marginalized group, says MRG
17 October 2006
UN could have averted Darfur catastrophe - new MRG report
16 October 2006
Global 'war on terror' has become a global war on minorities
8 September 2006


 

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