Category: Analysis

Classroom for religious lessons to Ezidi children survived ISIS atrocities in Duhok, April 2019. Photo by KirkukNow. Iraqi parliament has skipped two articles in the…

Mohsin Ilyas The fact that Christian political leaders are primarily selected and not elected by the community adds to the feeling of being marginalized. Pakistan,…

Mahesh Rana The case of poor Hindu women, working as sanitary workers, in Sindh induces one’s empathy. In the majority of cases, they are the…

The UN General Assembly has voted to adopt a resolution protecting religious sites. Recent conflicts in Iraq and Syria have seen vast swathes of religious…

Max J. Joseph, Iraq Programme Coordinator at Minority Rights Group International Today, Yezidis will finally be able to give their loved ones a proper burial in Kocho,…

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Pakistani Minorities began its Inquiry into Forced Conversions and Forced Marriages of Religious Minority Girls this week through a series of…

Mahesh Rana In an unfortunate intersection of marginalization, the low-caste Hindus find themselves struggling without salvation in sight. The Hindu scheduled castes – often the…

On 19th January every year, at the stroke of midnight, thousands of Coptic Christians in Egypt jump into the river Nile or water canals nearby.…

Mays Al-Juboori, Civilian Rights Officer at Minority Rights Group International Yesterday, at least 32 people were killed, and more than 100 injured in twin suicide bombings…

Heritage and culture can be rooted in physical spaces, so when these come under threat or are permanently altered by conflict or climate change, this…

Whether fuelled by political and religious leaders, or the media, hate speech in Iraq taps into deeper problems of structural inequality in society and has…

Earlier this week, Myanmar celebrated the 72nd anniversary of its independence from British rule, but this period has been mired by ongoing conflict amongst its…