Minority Rights Group International (MRG) launches today Minority Voices Newsroom, a pioneering online multimedia library that showcases the stories of minority and indigenous communities in developing countries and makes them available to the global media.
If you are a member of a minority or indigenous community, or a supporter, you can upload first-hand accounts, interviews, reports, pictures, and audio and video footage addressing issues of importance to you.
Journalists and others wishing to use these contributions or learn more can download and use the material from the website under Creative Commons licenses.
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The European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC) expresses its disappointment that at yesterday’s European Council a decision on a concrete strategy has been postponed until next month. It is important that heads of government should take a firm and united stand against policies which deliberately stigmatize and discriminate against Roma. Read more...
Minorities and indigenous peoples are among the most in need, but have so far benefited the least from the Millennium Development Goals, says Minority Rights Group International (MRG) on the eve of a global poverty summit in New York. Read full press release in English, Hungarian and Polish
Religious intolerance has now joined racism in many parts of the world as the leading cause of the persecution of minorities, a new global report from Minority Rights Group International reveals.
State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2010 reports that the rise of religious nationalism, the economic marginalization of religious minorities and the abuse of counter-terrorism laws have all led to a growing pattern of persecution against religious minorities globally.
On every continent, religious minorities are facing attack, detention, torture and the repression of their fundamental freedoms.
Read the full global press release, the Asia press release in English or the Europe press release.
Read and download State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
The internet's leading information resource on minorities around the globe
MRG's annual study of those groups or peoples around the world most at risk
A comprehensive overview of the world's minorities and indigenous peoples
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