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24 September 2024
Bangladesh: MRG condemns renewed violence and hate speech against indigenous peoples
Minority Rights Group is deeply concerned over recent reports of attacks against the indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts…
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9 August 2024
Sign languages are minority languages!
In order to truly ‘Leave No One Behind’ our social movements must forge ties and build solidarities that centre those experiencing…
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9 July 2024
Bangladesh: Protect Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Chittagong Hill Tracts
A worrying review process could undermine the rights of the country's Adivasi indigenous peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region.
Reports and briefings
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4 April 2022
Diversity: Impact on Vaccine Equity (DIVE)
In partnership with Bytes for All, Grand Synergy Development Initiative and Verité Research, for this final report, Minority Rights Group…
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10 March 2022
Diversity: Impact on Vaccine Equity (DIVE)
Minority Rights Group International worked in partnership with Grand Synergy Development Initiative (GSDI), Bytes for All (B4A) and Verité…
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29 June 2017
A narrowing space: Violence and discrimination against India’s religious minorities
Religious minorities have long been the target of a range of different forms of persecution, such as hate crimes, threats,…
Flagship publications
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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,…
Guides and toolkits
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20 May 2022
The Hate Speech Crisis: Ways to start fixing it – A toolkit for civil society organizations and activists
The world is seeing an explosion of hate speech. One analysis records a 400-fold increase in the use of hate terms online in Pakistan…
Partner publications
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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…
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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…
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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…
Events
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3 September 2022 • 3:00 – 5:00 pm PKT
An Overview of Online Hate Speech in Pakistan
In July 2022, the by-elections in Punjab, Pakistan displayed a high level of disinformation being used in political electioneering. During…
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Video on demand 17 October 2022 • 1:00 – 3:00 pm CEST
Securing justice for violations against religious minorities in India
Ahead of India’s fourth Universal Period Review (UPR) cycle, this event addresses the deteriorating situation facing the country’s…
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Video on demand 16 June 2023 • 11:30 am – 12:45 pm EDT
COSP Side Event: Reaching Indigenous and Minority Persons with Disabilities
This side event takes place under the sub-theme of ‘Reaching the under-represented groups of persons with disabilities’ and aims to…
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