Iraq's ethnic and religious communities are awaiting the results of the country's most important election since the US-led invasion and one that was also marred by violence and targeted attacks against minorities.
As polling closed on Sunday, Qussay Abbas, a Shabak member of the Provincial Council was gunned down and seriously injured by insurgents in Mosul, Iraqi Minorities Organisation (IMO) said in a statement.
In the run-up to the election, there were several attacks on Christians, which community leaders stated were intended to discourage minorities from voting in the nationwide poll. Read more...
See MRG's press release on Iraqi elections.
MRG’s Media Officer, Emma Eastwood, spoke to Fakhria Ibrahimi, a Hazara woman who has high hopes for her embattled country.
Seldom does a day go by without the latest atrocities of the war in Afghanistan being splashed across the pages of the world’s media. Yet, we rarely hear the voices of ordinary Afghans who continue to go about their daily lives despite the conflict. "I live in Kabul and am a member of the Hazara community... read more
Demetri Lowe, interning with the media team, joins in celebrations at Foyles Bookstore in London, to mark Minority Rights Group's 40 Year Anniversary. Read more...
Lucy Claridge, MRG’s Head of Law, visits a Batwa community in Burundi and learns that access to justice can seem like a far-flung dream for families struggling to meet their most basic needs. Read more...
Date of awards ceremony: 26 May 2010
Place: MRG’s Global Minorities Conference, Budapest, Hungary
Closing date for entries: 15 April 2010
The Minority Voices Youth Media Award will be presented to one outstanding young journalist working to highlight within the European media the issues facing minority and indigenous communities in the global south. Through this award, Minority Rights Group International aims to generate interest among young and future journalists in covering minority and development related issues in the global south and to build bridges between the next generation of journalists and minority and indigenous communities. Read more...
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