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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:11:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MRG's Chris Chapman speaks on Ethnic Minorities and Religious Groups in Iraq at the European Parliament </title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>GLOBAL INDIGENOUS PREPARATORY CONFERENCE UNDERWAY IN ALTA, NORWAY</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1447/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indigenous Peoples of the world are meeting in Alta, Norway to prepare for the 2014 High Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly to be known as the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Threshold of the Desert</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1448/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ www.the-threshold-of-the-desert.org

AZIZ NAJAT is part of the very limited 15% of women who are economically active population in rural areas of Morocco.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cameroon: The trial of Musa Usman Ndamba further evidence of discrimination against the indigenous Mbororo community. </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1445/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1441/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Muslim leaders form alliance to press demands</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1439/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ KATHMANDU, April 17: In a bid to exert pressure to ensure constitutional guarantee for Muslim rights and identity, Muslim organisations and the Muslim&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1439/</guid>
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<title>Nepali Muslim leader killed, community calls it a political murder</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1438/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Kathmandu (AsiaNews) - Sadrul Miya Haq, a 55-year-old Muslim religious leader, was killed today in Saptari District, eastern Terai. "Another public figure&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1438/</guid>
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<title>iCover</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1437/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In this exclusive selection of portraits from iCover, get to know seventeen unique Muslim women who all choose to wear the hijab through sports, at school,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tanzania government unrelenting on parceling out Masaai land in Loliondo</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1435/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The government of Tanzania May 23, 2013 through the Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Hon Ramadhan Mwinyi, during its twelfth session&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1435/</guid>
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<title>MRG co-organise an event calling on UN focus on Dalit women </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1436/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The International Religious Freedom Report issued by the U.S. Department of State</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1434/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Alkalema Center for Human Rights has welcomed the report of the U.S. State Department on Religious Freedom in 2013, which pointed to a decline in religious&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bushmen face imminent eviction for ‘wildlife corridor’ </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1432/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Survival International has received disturbing reports about an imminent eviction of several hundred Bushmen in southern Botswana to make way for a ‘wildlife&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Forest Peoples Programme launches pioneering book on indigenous peoples free, prior and informed consent in the Democratic Republic of Congo</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1433/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As part of its project: "REDD financing, Human Rights and Economic Development for Sustainable Poverty Reduction of forest communities in the Democratic&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1433/</guid>
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<title>From Cardiff to Los Angeles through a documentary</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1431/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Residents of Butetown have appeared in a screening in Los Angeles as part of an internationally produced documentary exploring the lives and tales of migrants&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MRG Podcast: May 2013</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1430/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> In Nairobi Neighborhood, Somali Refugees Dream of a New Life in Seattle</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1428/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A few months ago, I was riding in a cab from Seattle’s First Avenue to Capitol Hill. As we rose up Seattle’s steeply graded streets, I recognized the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran: Iran intensifies repression of Azerbaijani-Turkish community as presidential election approaches </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1429/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amnesty to Boko-Haram (The Merchants of Terror): a misnomer</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1427/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nigeria appears to be in a quandary with the daunting security challenges in the country. Jonathan declares “I can’t grant amnesty to ghosts [faceless&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>South Sudan: Civil society organisations call for urgent intervention as humanitarian crisis looms in Boma</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1426/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A humanitarian crisis looms in South Sudan as Yauyau militias, allegedly under the command of a one David Yauyau, continue to fight the SPLA government&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1426/</guid>
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<title>The Camp</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1425/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nowhere in the Islamic world has a refugee camp for the Christians of one country been built across the border in a neighbouring country. Now Turkey is&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1425/</guid>
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<title>What the Egyptian press has not published</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1421/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This week, Egypt witnessed three events have not received the desired media attention,
 First:  several hundreds of Salafis demonstrated last Thursday&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Full length documentary from MRG and Hollman Morris: Suárez Gold - Afro-Colombian miners defending their heritage</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1416/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal’s Supreme Court directs Government to address issues of free participation of indigenous peoples in constitution-making process</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1415/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 22 April 2013, Kathmandu
 
 
 
In response to a writ petition filed by indigenous peoples’ organizations, Supreme Court of Nepal on Sunday has issued&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Proyección del documental “Say My Name” en Barcelona</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1414/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zanu PF targets San leaders</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1411/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (As reported in the Newsday of 16 April 2013)
ZANU PF has been accused of intimidating members of the San community in Tsholotsho after they complained&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tanzania: Maasai Women Taking Bold Stance to Protect Land Rights</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1412/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ More than 2,000 Maasai women are taking a bold political stand in a move aimed at protecting community land rights.

From the 27th of March until the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MRG film to be screened at Barcelona exhibition</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1410/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indigenous Magars in western Nepal submit memorandum against preparations to declare buffer zone around Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1406/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ April 5, 2013

In a memorandum submitted on Monday 1 April, indigenous Magars have called on the Government of Nepal to immediately halt any preparation&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Matabeleland Youths Arrested for Demanding Fairness in Employment</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1407/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Police in Bulawayo (Matabeleland, Zimbabwe) this morning rounded up and arrested members of youth pressure group for holding a demonstration against the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Podcast: Interview with Sheri Rosenburg on Bosnia, Minority Rights and the Principles of International Intervention</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1405/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a podcast published by the Council of Europe, Sheri Rosenberg - international law expert at Cardozo Law School in New York – discusses her visit to&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1405/</guid>
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<title>Christians in the crossfire</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1403/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nuri Kino, journalist and author, has met and interviewed close to a hundred Christian Syrian refugees. He gives voice to this otherwise silent minority&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1403/</guid>
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<title>Actress and writer Meera Syal supports Minority Rights Group appeal</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1404/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>German GIZ directly engaged with dispossessing indigenous peoples of their lands and territories in Namibia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1402/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ By Earth Peoples

The history of the Germans invading, oppressing, enslaving, exploiting, and ruthlessly killing the people of Namibia is an extremely&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Repeated Scenario : Copts of  Wasta and unknown future</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1400/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For more ten days, forcing the Christians in Wasta (one centers  of Beni Suef province) to close their shops, 
Recently, they were allowed to re-open&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cameroon’s ethnic minorities petition Biya over marginalisation</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1397/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Yuh Timchia 
Yaoundé 

Three minority ethnic communities in Cameroon have petitioned President Paul Biya to ensure they are properly represented in&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Land reforms in Liberia must learn from and protect communities' customary land and resource rights, urge Grand Cape Mount communities in new report</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1398/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Instances of conflict between communities and large-scale agricultural concessions have recently brought the issues of land and human rights into focus&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1000 Himba and Zemba protest again against dam and human rights violations, March 25, 2013</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1399/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ By Rebecca Sommer

EARTH PEOPLES- Namibia, March 26, 2013: Yesterday, about a 1000 Himba and Zemba held a protest march in Opuwo to show the Government&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Extensive media coverage to the Conference of religious minorities in Egypt</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1396/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Egyptian Alliance for minorities held a conference for minorities  on Monday, March 18th , at the headquarter of Al-Tagmoa Party , in title "religious&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indigenous Tharus in eastern Nepal mark their win over Regional Waste Management Project</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1393/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Biratnagar, 11 March 2013
 
After Finland’s Government formally withdrew its support to Regional Waste Management Project for eastern Nepal citing&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Supreme Court decision on case relating to participation of indigenous peoples in constitution making process deferred again for 4 April</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1394/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kathmandu, 5 March 2013

Nepal’s Supreme Court has again deferred its final decision on a case filed by indigenous peoples organizations regarding&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indigenous and local communities call on World Bank to seek alternatives for construction of Khimti-Dhalkebar 220 KV Transmission Line</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1395/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kathmandu, 15 March 2013

In a meeting with World Bank officials today, representatives of indigenous and local communities of Sindhuli district in central&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>STATEMENT BY MIGRANT FORUM LANKA (MFL) ON SRI LANKAN WOMEN MIGRANT WORKERS</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1390/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Today, on International Women’s Day 2013, Migrant Forum Lanka (MFL), a collective of local Sri Lankan civil society organizations, trade unions, researchers,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India: Dalit women face violence and barriers to justic</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1389/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A landmark verdict : Egyptian judiciary repealed the decree of the President of the Republic on renovation churches</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1387/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Court of Administrative Justice, presided by Judge Abdul Majid  AlMokten, vice president of State Council , ruled  to cancel the presidential decree No.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1387/</guid>
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<title>Kenya: In politics there are no permanent enemies, only permanent promises</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1385/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kenyans head to the polls on March 4th 2013. This has been billed as a defining moment for a country whose momentous economic growth was disrupted with&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1385/</guid>
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<title>Kenya: Street Theatre Project releases film as elections approach</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1386/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Representatives of Nepal's indigenous governing institutions form an alliance to work for their rights</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1383/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 25 February 2013

Leaders and representatives of indigenous governing institutions of six indigenous groups of Nepal have initiated an informal alliance&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1383/</guid>
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<title>Nepal's Supreme Court decision on case relating to participation of indigenous peoples in constitution making process deferred again for 4 March</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1384/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal’s Supreme Court has again deferred its final decision on a case filed by indigenous peoples organizations regarding participation of indigenous&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1384/</guid>
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<title>The Oromo Rally in UK</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1381/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Oromo people living in UK staged rally against human rights violations made by the government of Ethiopia. The demonstration was organised jointly&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1381/</guid>
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<title>Between The Barbed Wire</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1377/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The war in Syria is growing increasingly worse every day, and it is affecting every Syrian citizen, regardless of ethnicity or religion. But just like&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1377/</guid>
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<title>India: Scavengers’ march sends message of hope</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1376/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Military actions will sustain pangayaw in SMI-Xstrata mine site</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1375/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Another tribal leader was slain in the tumultous SMI-Xstrata mine site in the borders of South Cotabato and Davao del Sur last January 29, 2013. Kitari&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1375/</guid>
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<title>Pakistan: Arooj Khalid addresses the UN Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1374/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Guyana court ruling violates indigenous peoples' rights</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1370/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Controversial Court decision favours miners over indigenous peoples as country sinks to new low on double standards on human rights and development

On&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1370/</guid>
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<title>AVAED Report 2011</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1368/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Association of Victims of Abductions and Enforced Disappearances mentioned in its report for 2011:” the State may be involved in the Islamization&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1368/</guid>
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<title>Songs, drama, artifact exhibition color Kenya’s Ogiek community cultural day </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1369/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Ogiek community in Kenya marked their cultural day, which has become an annual fixture, in celebratory pomp with 14 cultural groups performing songs,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1369/</guid>
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<title>Will Nepal’s Supreme Court decide to provide for participation of indigenous peoples in constitution making process through their freely chosen representatives?</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1366/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal’s Supreme Court (SC) has scheduled to give its decision on a case filed by indigenous peoples organizations regarding exclusion of indigenous peoples’&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1366/</guid>
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<title>Armenian political prisoners Vahagn Chakhalyan released from prison</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1367/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia 
Press release / 24 January 2013


Armenian political prisoners Vahagn Chakhalyan released&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1367/</guid>
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<title>Kuki State Demand Committee launch "Quit Kuki Land" Movement against India</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1363/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ THE TIMES OF INDIA
Kuki State Demand Committee launch 'Quit Kuki Land' stir, blockade
TNN | Jan 22, 2013, 06.35 AM IST


CHURACHANDPUR: The agitating&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1363/</guid>
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<title>Colombia: New report on human rights violations against afro-descendant women</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1361/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1361/</guid>
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<title>The criminal court in, upper Egypt sentenced the whole Christian family</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1360/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The criminal court in Beni Sweif governorate, upper Egypt, on Sunday 13thJanuary, 2013, sentenced the whole Christian family including 8 members with 15&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1360/</guid>
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<title></title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1356/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1356/</guid>
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<title>Bangladesh: MRG visits a Dalit Sweeper colony in Dhaka</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1355/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1355/</guid>
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<title></title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1357/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1357/</guid>
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<title>Coptic community prepares for coming parliamentary elections </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1358/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Last Saturday, the human right activists and Coptic community met in Cairo, invited by Al-Kalema Center for Human Rights to discuss and agree on a collective&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1358/</guid>
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<title>rmenian political prisoners Armen Gevorgyan and Ruben Shekoyan released from prison</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1352/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Armenian political prisoners Armen Gevorgyan and Ruben Shekoyan released from prison
 	
In October 2010 as a result of false accusations well-known figures&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1352/</guid>
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<title>ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SUPERBODY  'We will find no justice from the perpetrators'--indigenous peoples </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1346/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 

Indigenous peoples' organization Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP), described the 'superbody' created by the Aquino government&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1346/</guid>
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<title>Map of Western (Syrian) Kurdistan – First stage</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1344/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After many months of work and cooperation with many Kurds both inside and outside Syria, YASA, the Kurdish Center for Legal Studies & Consultancy, has&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1344/</guid>
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<title>I am A Dew with many Dreams</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1343/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian Tamils: A Fertilizer to the well-being of Sri Lanka
Before go into my story I would like to give a brief introduction to myself. I am Subashini&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1343/</guid>
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<title>Say My Name</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1341/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1341/</guid>
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<title>Interview with Heiner Belefeldt, UN </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1342/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1342/</guid>
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<title>Tanzania: Pastoralists face famine as effects of drought are worsened by government neglect</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1339/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1339/</guid>
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<title>San Peoples in Southern Africa sign Declaration</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1340/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Members of the San peoples in Southern Africa have signed a Declaration on their rights and what they want their respective countries to do in order to&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1340/</guid>
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<title>Sri Lanka: The Price of Tea</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1337/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1337/</guid>
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<title>GENOCIDE IN PLATEAU STATE: Berom People</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1338/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ “The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent the change of power. We must&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1338/</guid>
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<title>Protest by Himba and Zemba Indigenous Peoples Erupts in Namibia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1336/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ By Rebecca Sommer

 Hundreds of semi-nomadic  Himba and Zemba marched again  in the southern African nation of Namibia on Dec. 5, 2012,  protesting what&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1336/</guid>
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<title>Kenya: MRG Street Theatre project spreads messages of peace</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1335/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1335/</guid>
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<title>Iraq: Violence against minority women is rife and poorly addressed</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1333/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1333/</guid>
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<title>Can minority and indigenous women benefit from international agreements?</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1332/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1332/</guid>
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<title>Tafsweet Amazigh cultural fistival- Jadoo,Libya</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1304/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Dear Emma
I just came back from Nafusa mountain .I attended Tafsweet cultural festival 7-9/11/2012 in Jadoo city.
Jadoo is an Amazigh town located at&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1304/</guid>
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<title>The religion minority people (Hindu, Christian and Buddhist) of Bangladesh are decreasing very sharply.</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1326/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ SHAREE is a non-Government organization established in the year 1992 with a group of women, managed by women and committed to promote & protect the rights&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1326/</guid>
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<title>95 percent cleaners (Dalit) lived in dirty, under poverty in Bangladesh</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1328/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 95 percent cleaners (Dalit) lived in dirty, under poverty in Bangladesh

Around ninety-five percent cleaners of Natore district lived in a dirty state&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1328/</guid>
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<title>Rwanda: a personal sucess story from the MRG Street Theatre Programme</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1325/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1325/</guid>
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<title>Kyrgyzstan: Sexual and gender-based violence</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1324/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1324/</guid>
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<title>Egypt: </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1323/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1323/</guid>
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<title>Memorandum to Prime Minister of India</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1317/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dr Manmohan Singh              Dated.12/11/2012
Prime Minister
Govt of India

Subject: Political dialogue with the Kukis, represented by KSDC and Kuki&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1317/</guid>
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<title>Somalia: testimonies of violence from minority women</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1312/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1312/</guid>
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<title></title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1313/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1313/</guid>
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<title>Bangladesh: Dalits demand adequate housing</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1314/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1314/</guid>
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<title>Zimbabwe: Helping minority youth find a political voice</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1315/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1315/</guid>
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<title>India: Community groups campaign for religious freedom</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1316/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1316/</guid>
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<title>SAN PEOPLE FORCED TO ABANDON THEIR HOMES IN SEARCH OF WATER</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1309/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (21 November 2012)
About one thousand members of the San community in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe, may be forced to abandon their homesteads in the next 5 days&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1309/</guid>
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<title>Le invitamos a la presentación de la película sobre discriminación en África y el Caribe</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1308/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1308/</guid>
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<title>Kenya: minority and indigenous women face multiple discrimination</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1307/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1307/</guid>
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<title>Civil society representatives across Africa root for pro-poor land policies</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1303/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ About 95 participants from over 22 countries in Africa representing indigenous and non-indigenous populations urged governments to implement people-centred&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1303/</guid>
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<title>Mauritanie: La blessure de l'esclavage</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1300/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1300/</guid>
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<title>Europe: Video - 20 years of the Office of the High Commissioner for Minorities</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1299/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1299/</guid>
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<title>National Healing Minister engages the San community of Tsholotsho</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1294/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On Sunday 04 November 2012, the Co-Minister on the Organ for National Healing and Reconciliation Honorable Moses Mzila Ndlovu met with about 180 elders&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1294/</guid>
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<title>Belize: EIA 'consultation' neither free nor fair</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1297/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1297/</guid>
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<title>Advocacy Camapign for mainstreaming the religious minorities in Balochsitan</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1293/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Since i am working with Center for Peace and Development (CPD) as Manager Programmes, CPD the one of the largest right based organization in the province&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1293/</guid>
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<title>New oil palm land grabs exposed: Asian palm oil companies run into trouble in Africa</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1292/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indonesia’s largest palm oil company, Sinar Mas, ran into trouble recently when communities in Liberia complained[1] about a 33,000 ha. operation being&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1292/</guid>
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<title>Kenya: Beading young Samburu girls into sexual bondage</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1284/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Filmed in the dry, somewhat barren Rift Valley Province in Kenya, this video tells a harrowing story of the Samburu community – a semi-nomadic pastoralist&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1284/</guid>
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<title></title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1282/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1282/</guid>
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<title>Second article: minorities in the constitution draft- a step back.</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1281/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Written by: Mr. Mamdouh Nakhla
Still talking about the status of the minorities in the new constitution draft,” rightly” arouse rightful fears for&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1281/</guid>
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<title>Ongoing Impunity: Continued Burma Army Atrocities against Kachin People</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1244/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ While Myanmar government is earning international admiration for its dramatic reforms towards democracy of military government, an ethnic Kachin people,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1244/</guid>
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<title>The road to Murum dam</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1275/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The government-built tarred road to Murum dam is pitted with large potholes: casualty of overflowing, under-regulated logging trucks. This road begins&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1275/</guid>
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<title>A Step Back for Minorities in Egypt’s New Draft Constitution‏</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1276/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ My definition of “minorities” is the legal terminology mentioned in international law which protects ethnic, religious and cultural-linguistic minorities.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1276/</guid>
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<title>UN review of Pakistan: Urgent protection needed for minorities</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1268/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Government of Pakistan has failed to honour the commitments it made at the UN review of its human rights record four years ago. International NGOs&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1268/</guid>
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<title>Pakistan: Geneva event - debate on UN review</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1271/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1271/</guid>
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<title>Report of the workshop on the Participation of Minorities in the 2013 Municipal and Parliamentary Elections In Cameroon</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1264/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Report of the workshop on the Participation of Minorities in the 2013 Municipal and Parliamentary Elections In Cameroon.

Yaounde, 28 & 29 September&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1264/</guid>
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<title>Blaan family massacred, IP killings rise to 28</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1265/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) condemns the massacre of a Blaan family in the Sagittarius Mines Inc (SMI) mine site in Tampakan,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1265/</guid>
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<title>Montagnards au Cameroun</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1267/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lorsqu’on parcourt les documents officiels de l’Etat du Cameroun ainsi que les rapports des organismes (nationaux et internationaux) travaillant sur&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1267/</guid>
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<title>The “paenk khwan” ceremony of Taidam people </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1217/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Taidam people, an ethnic minority group, have a strong believe in evil spirits which can cause illness, while good spirits or more specifically the presence&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1217/</guid>
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<title>The “xain sub kher” ceremony of Taidam people</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1220/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This picture shows the “Xain sub kher” Taidam’s ceremony at my home, in Taidam language, this name means that drive away catastrophe.  
According&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1220/</guid>
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<title>The Vanishing Communities </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1257/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hatred and repulsion towards minorities in Pakistan has almost become a routine matter. The curriculum in the educational institutions starts teaching&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1257/</guid>
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<title>Burmese Battalion Commander’s wife oppress soldiers’ ethnic minorities wives</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1252/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chin State is the poorest state in the country. Chin is one of ethnic minorities in Burma. Chin state is very isolated geographically because of poor transportation&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1252/</guid>
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<title>lost history</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1249/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I would like to see some fairness in treating the libyan history  as the real libyan history.we all know that the Amazigh peopole are the ndigenous people&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1249/</guid>
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<title>Beneficiaries in Northern Rakhine State after the Communal Violence in June 2012</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1241/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In Rakhaine State, Myanmar, there are two groups: 1) Ethnic Rakaines and 2) Stateless people who are descendants from the tribes of Bangladesh and they&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1241/</guid>
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<title>Who will listen to our silent cry from the wilderness?</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1242/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Who will listen to our silent cry from the wilderness...?
The Sri Lankan Government has announced to the whole world that it had closed down even the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1242/</guid>
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<title>Christian workers in daily life</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1218/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The daily life of two christian workers in a government department. I have tried to look at the living and work conditions of these two workers. The inadequate&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1218/</guid>
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<title>Obstacles to Roma Education in Kirtimai</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1215/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This entry discusses a number of obstacles hindering Roma children's access to education in Vilnius.

http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/efilo/2012/10/08/kids-will-be-kids-conditions-permitting/ ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1215/</guid>
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<title>Roma Employment in Kirtimai</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1211/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This entry discusses issues affecting Roma participation in the formal economy in Vilinius.
http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/efilo/2012/10/03/so-much-for-that-cushy-day-job/ ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1211/</guid>
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<title>UN Envoy says minorities and indigenous peoples in Namibia crave for inclusion </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1210/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As the main human rights monitoring and advocacy NGO in Namibia, NamRights welcomes the Statement (see attached) of UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1210/</guid>
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<title>statement regarding the forceful relocation of Christians from Rafah, Sinai</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1213/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Al Kalema Center for human rights (ACHR) condemns in the strongest terms the recent terrorist activities that have forced the relocation of Christian Coptic&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1213/</guid>
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<title>Chief Inspector Hector Tuyau victimize after his action with the Supreme Court and the Human Rights Commission claiming the right for police officers to join a trade union</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1206/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Minority Voice is following closely the case of Chief Inspector Hector Tuyau, well-respected member of the creole community in Mauritius. He is actually&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1206/</guid>
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<title>Girls raise their hands </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1209/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Girls from law cast hindu community  raised their hand for BIAAG(because I am a girl ) a global campaign of Plan International . ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1209/</guid>
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<title>Chairperson of Council of Indigenous Peoples Interrogated in the Parliament </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1243/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Members of parliament remained highly suspicious toward the a hundred million new Taiwanese dollars (approximately 26.4 thousand euros) observatory trip&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1243/</guid>
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<title>Tanzania: MRG's Head of Law visits Maasai communities pitted against safari company over land dispute</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1205/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1205/</guid>
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<title>Discriminination and genocide against the creol community in Mauritius</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1204/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Minority Voice, newly born organisation regrouping minority rights activits in Mauritius has actually taken the decision to keep track and record of the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1204/</guid>
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<title>Youth indigenous leader tortured and killed</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1203/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ National alliance of indigenous peoples Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) expressed fury over the killing of another indigenous&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1203/</guid>
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<title>Police, security push protesters from mining conference</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1202/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines is holding a three-day Mining Conference and Exhibition at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City. The event, attended&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1202/</guid>
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<title>Event: Screening of new MRG film on discrimination in Africa and the Caribbean</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1201/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1201/</guid>
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<title> Declining the vibrant craftsmanship</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1198/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ By the 1930s Dhaka set up its own Banarasi Silk Industry center in Becharam Dewry in the old  Dhaka . Sarees were priced at Rs 150 and a bridal sarees&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1198/</guid>
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<title>Stateless in Lithuania</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1200/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The blog discusses the history leading to the current stateless status of some members of the Roma community in Lithuania- as well as the factors maintaining&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1200/</guid>
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<title>Event: Business, natural resources and minority rights</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1187/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1187/</guid>
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<title>Nepal: report on Dalit girls' education</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1186/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1186/</guid>
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<title>Joint press release from organizations that THAT CAMPAIGN FOR THE DEFENCE AND THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS BATWA PEOPLE IN NORTH KIVU, EASTERN DRC</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1180/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1180/</guid>
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<title>Marcus Garvey's Legacy</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1179/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The article is titled " Marcus Garvey's Legacy " which gives a comprehensive analysis of the life of Marcus Garvey and the impact he still has on the contemporary&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1179/</guid>
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<title>Kenya: What the Constitutional Court’s ruling on boundaries and electoral areas means for minority communities </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1177/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On July 9th 2012, a panel of five judges made their ruling on several petitions filed by dissatisfied community members against how the Indepenedent Electoral&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1177/</guid>
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<title>Karachi Unrest, Role of Newspapers and Suo Moto Notice by Supreme Court of Pakistan 2011</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1221/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The upload is an article that I wrote on Karachi conflict involving ethnic and linguistic communities living in the largest city of Pakistan - Karachi.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1221/</guid>
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<title>Outrage as World Bank funds power lines linked to controversial dam</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1174/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Human rights organizations, including Survival International and Human Rights Watch, have fiercely criticized a decision by the World Bank to fund power&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1174/</guid>
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<title>New documentary from MRG: A Journey to Imja Lake - Climate Change in the land of the Sherpa</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1170/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1170/</guid>
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<title>Sudan: Intisar Sharif Abdullah walks free, MRG letter to Minister of Justice in Khartoum</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1169/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1169/</guid>
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<title>Rehabilitation drive for manual scavengers</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1167/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following a reprimand from the authorities in New Delhi for failing to curb manual scavenging, the state government of West Bengal has pledged to rehabilitate&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1167/</guid>
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<title>San Sperate (un)welcomes the Roma</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1165/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following their eviction from the encampment on the 554 route, 26 Roma have been moved to the small town of San Sperate, about 15 km away from Sardinia’s&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1165/</guid>
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<title>Adivasis of Bangladesh: a year of broken promises </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1160/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1160/</guid>
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<title>Botswana: Diamonds bring no benefits to Basarwa </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1161/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1161/</guid>
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<title>Europe: Corporate abuse flows along BP’s oil pipeline </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1162/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1162/</guid>
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<title>India: Mining, conflict and Adivasis</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1163/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1163/</guid>
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<title>Russia: Sakha protest mining rush in Siberia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1164/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1164/</guid>
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<title>Dalit Documentary Screening at EEFF</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1159/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Screening at this year's East End Film Festival on Saturday 7th July, 2pm at Rich Mix, Jai Bhim Comrade is a powerful documentary focusing on the spirit&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1159/</guid>
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<title>Film: State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1143/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1143/</guid>
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<title>State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1151/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1151/</guid>
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<title>Suriname: Saramaka win case in human rights court </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1153/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1153/</guid>
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<title>Russia: Coal smog settles over Siberia </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1154/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1154/</guid>
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<title>Turkey: Dam deluge for Kurds</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1156/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1156/</guid>
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<title></title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1157/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1157/</guid>
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<title>Afro-Colombian women defend their heritage</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1158/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1158/</guid>
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<title>Colombia: San Juan community assert their rights  </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1149/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1149/</guid>
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<title>Libya: Interview with activist Ahamat Molikini from the Tibu community </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1145/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1145/</guid>
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<title>Tibet: Hard times for nomads</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1146/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1146/</guid>
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<title>China: Tibetans stop mining on sacred mountain</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1147/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1147/</guid>
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<title>Russia: Reindeer herders seek deal with energy giants</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1148/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1148/</guid>
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<title>Sudan: 20 year old Intisar Sharif Abdulla survives death sentence</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1142/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Strategic Initiative for Women in Horn of Africa (SIHA) has been informed by the legal team representing Intisar Sharif Abdullah, that she has been&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1142/</guid>
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<title>Thailand’s indigenous people penalised for carrying out traditional practises</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1141/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1141/</guid>
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<title>Gabon: Mining, dams and repression</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1138/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1138/</guid>
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<title>Forced displacement and ‘villagization’ in Ethiopia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1139/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1139/</guid>
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<title>Uganda: Land injustice for the Basongora</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1140/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1140/</guid>
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<title></title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1132/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1132/</guid>
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<title>Burma: Dams feed ethnic conflict </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1128/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1128/</guid>
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<title>Australia: Aborigines halt Rio Tinto mining project  </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1130/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1130/</guid>
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<title>DRC: Buela community at a disadvantage  </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1131/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1131/</guid>
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<title>Iran: River diversion dries up Ahwazi Arab land</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1133/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1133/</guid>
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<title>South East Asia: The campaign against destructive palm oil </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1134/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India: Adivasis fight a string of ill-planned mega-dams </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1136/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1136/</guid>
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<title>Cambodia: Kuy people rally to save ‘our forest’</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1137/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1137/</guid>
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<title>Chile: Anti-terror law used against Mapuche activists </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1121/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1121/</guid>
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<title>India: Land and life lost  in Bihar</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1120/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1120/</guid>
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<title>Iran: Azeris protest against dams and government neglect</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1119/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1119/</guid>
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<title>Malaysia: Indigenous groups contest mega-dams in Sarawak</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1122/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1122/</guid>
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<title>Burma: International support needed to protect Rohingyas from persecution</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1123/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1123/</guid>
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<title>Mani 2.0 Documentary</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1144/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Mani 2.0 is a 25-minute documentary about the jungle dwellers, the Mani, of Southern Thailand, who are now facing challenges and influences from the 'outside'&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1144/</guid>
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<title>Afraid of enjoying their rights: eviction of the Roma in Cagliari</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1117/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As often reported, one of the main issues Roma face in Italy is eviction from so called “nomad camps” - whether authorised by public authorities or&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1117/</guid>
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<title>Biafran Activist and a Gay Joshua Odeke on  forced deportation on 7th June, 2012</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1107/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Biafran Activist and a Gay Joshua Odeke is Billed for forced deportation on 7th June 2012 (Home Office Ref O1151115)

Joshua Odeke (a Biafran activist&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1107/</guid>
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<title>Caste-based discrimination and SOCIAL- ECONOMIC   BOYCOTT OF DALITS IN Madhya Pradesh India </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1105/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Yuva Samvad, Nagrik Adhikar Manch and National Secular Forum conducted an investigation on 2 May 2012 in Maregaon Village of Gadarwara Tehsil of Narsinghpur&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1105/</guid>
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<title>Demolition of Armenian Church’s bell tower in Tbilisi, Georgia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1103/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On the morning of May 14, 2012, the bell tower of the 18th century Surb Nshan Armenian Church collapsed due to the negligence of the appropriate governmental&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1103/</guid>
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<title>URGENT ACTION REQUEST: 20 YEAR OLD, INTISAR SHARIF ABDULLA SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING IN SUDAN</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1104/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On April 22nd 2012, Judge Sami Ibrahim Shabo sentenced Intisar Sharif Abdulla, 20, a Muslim woman from the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan Sudan, to death&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1104/</guid>
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<title>Ethiopia: Land grabs fuel violence in Gambella</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1100/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1100/</guid>
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<title>Peoples under Threat: MRG's groundbreaking rankings of countries where people most at risk of mass killing - interview with MRG Director Mark Lattimer</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1097/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1097/</guid>
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<title>Catalyst for Conflict</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1096/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foreign investments are causing increasing conflict and abuses in northern Burma despite recent ceasefire agreements and talk of reform in the country,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1096/</guid>
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<title>Sri Lanka’s northern Tamils three years after the war</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1095/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1095/</guid>
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<title>Time for Nepal to Honor the History of Indigenous with the Federal Structure</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1178/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At this turning point, if Nepal fails to recognize its indigenous communities with the federal structure names to honor their ancient yet prevailing history,it&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1178/</guid>
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<title>Iran: New wave of demonstrations in Iranian Azerbaijan suppressed by riot</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1094/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1094/</guid>
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<title>Indigenous peoples condemn killing of Margarito Cabal</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1090/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan n Pilipinas (KAMP) condemned the killing of Margarito Cabal, a government employee from Kibawe, Bukidnon. Cabal was&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1090/</guid>
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<title>Peru: UPR review of Afro-Peruvians' human rights</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1089/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1089/</guid>
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<title>An indigenous Jummo girl child is raped and brutally killed by Settlet Bengali</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1099/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On 9th May 2012, at 2:30 pm Sujata Chakma and her nephew Triratna Chakma (5) went half kilomitre far away from the village to find out their cows. Suddenly&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1099/</guid>
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<title>TODONYANG CONFLICT BRIEFS</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1110/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ TODONYANG CONFLICT REPORT ON 15TH  APRIL, 2012
This report highlights the most recent conflicts between the Dassenetch community of Southwest Ethiopia&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1110/</guid>
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<title>UPR-Reviews of the UK and India: Time to act on caste discrimination</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1088/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When India and the UK come up for review by the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 24 May, IDSN urges all UN member states to seize this important opportunity&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1088/</guid>
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<title>MInority Rights Protection in Federal System</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1168/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The current proposals made by the State Restructuring and State Power Distribution
Committee under the Constituent Assembly do have encouraging provisions&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1168/</guid>
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<title>Mass protests in India to reclaim Dalit budgetary rights	</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1086/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On 9th of May thousands of Dalits and Adivasis (Tribals) from all over India stormed up to the Parliament in New Delhi to demand their rightful economic&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1086/</guid>
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<title>A Call to Action: Uphold the right to land and decent living for the Indigenous Bedouin population in the Naqab</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1085/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1085/</guid>
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<title>Iran uses intimidation to deter Arab protests</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1084/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Iranian regime is using racist propaganda, intimidation and violent repression to deter protests by its persecuted Arab citizens. It has imposed martial&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1084/</guid>
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<title>  URGENT PRESS RELEASE:RADIO BIAFRA LONDON BROADCAST TIME IS NOW 9PM NIGERIAN TIME</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1083/</link>
<description><![CDATA[            PRESS RELEASE!!!
 
Listen to Radio Biafra London Tonight and every THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS From 9pm to 10pm Nigerian Time on 11870kHz or 11.87mHz&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1083/</guid>
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<title>Poverty and exclusion in an ethnically-plural society: a Mauritius case study</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1074/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The complex linkages between poverty and ethnicity are explored in the context of Mauritius.   The research finds that the causes and patterns of poverty&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1074/</guid>
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<title>‘Where is your title?’ asked NCIP Commissioner to protesting IPs</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1082/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems these words are not exclusive to land-grabbers, says Piya Macliing Malayao, spokesperson of Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1082/</guid>
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<title>Beads of Bondage: How beads are used to ‘book’ Samburu girls into sexual relationships</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1078/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Beading, known in the local language as (Nkishooroteesayen), is a practice involving engagement of girl-children as young as nine years by men relatives.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1078/</guid>
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<title>Amnesty London - Interview with Hollman Morris</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1076/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Thursday 26th April, Amnesty hosted the screening of a new documentary produced by the Minority Rights Group (MRG) on Afro-descendant rights and mining&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1076/</guid>
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<title>Amnesty London - Interview with Dr Andy Higginbottom</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1077/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Thursday 26th April, Amnesty hosted the screening of a new documentary produced by the Minority Rights Group (MRG) on Afro-descendant rights and mining&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1077/</guid>
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<title>Socio-economic conditions of christians in Lahore,Pakistan</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1081/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Progress and development of any nation depends upon its socioeconomic factors, it will not be wrong if we say that socioeconomic indicators act as back-bone&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1081/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1073/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1073/</guid>
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<title>Education and Housing</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1032/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Education in Camp

Housing in the Camp
 
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1032/</guid>
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<title>IPs denounce rape of minors in Benguet, demand military pullout in all IP communities</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1072/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ KATRIBU Partylist demanded the immediate pullout of State armed forces in the Cordillera, citing human rights violations that ensue in militarized communities,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1072/</guid>
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<title>RADIO BIAFRA LONDON IS BACK! </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1071/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After two years of absence the legendary Radio Biafra London (RBL) is back on air and will resume on SATURDAY 21 APRIL 2012 at 8pm broadcasting twice a&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1071/</guid>
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<title>35 videos documenting caste discrimination across India launched </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1070/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The myth that caste discrimination in India is a thing of the past must be dispelled and on the 14th of April, Video Volunteers launch 35 community videos&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1070/</guid>
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<title>ARBITRARY ARREST OF MINORITY TRIBAL LEADER</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1065/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dear Friend,

I do, hereby, submit this  materials about the harassment and arbitrary arrest of a senior human rights defender belonging Scheduled Tribe&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1065/</guid>
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<title>SYRIAC MEMBERS CAPTURED IN SYRIA</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1066/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ SYRIAC MEMBERS CAPTURED IN SYRIA


FOR URGENT RELEASE
April 04, 2012
Brussels


Today at the morning hours, the Syrian Security Forces captured&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1066/</guid>
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<title>‘Oplan Bayanihan’ blamed for spate of human rights violations on indigenous peoples</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1062/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indigenous peoples and human rights organizations staged a protest action in front of the Department of National Defense gates today, bewailing human rights&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1062/</guid>
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<title>Hopeful Chins Look to Don Bosco Ashayalam to be a Saving Grace</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1064/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hopeful Chins Look to Don Bosco Ashayalam to be a Saving Grace 
 
Chin refugees on World Refugee Day in Delhi (Photo: Salai Paw Lung)
27 March 2012&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1064/</guid>
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<title>Indigenous people's group alarmed at rising human rights violations</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1058/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 

Attacks on the human rights of indigenous peoples has been rampant this past few weeks according to indigenous peoples' organization Kalipunan ng mga&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1058/</guid>
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<title>The Sukenya land struggle: Community makes case for investment that improves their livelihood</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1055/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Freddy Batundi, MRG’s Capacity Building Officer narrates his field experience with the Sukenya community. 

Towards the end of last year I made a field&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1055/</guid>
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<title>Smoke in the hills</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1026/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1026/</guid>
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<title>KAMP calls for justice over Lumad killing</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1054/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ National alliance of indigenous peoples’ organizations in the Philippines, KAMP (Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas) is dismayed by government&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1054/</guid>
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<title>Pakistani schools portray Hindus, minorities negatively: US study</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1030/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's public schools and madrassas negatively portray the country's religious minorities and reinforce biases which fuel acts of discrimination, and&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1030/</guid>
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<title>Where is the dignity of Burma</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1046/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Where is the Dignity of the Chin of Burma?
Time to speak out about systematic crimes against humanity in Chin State

Violent repression. Chin State&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1046/</guid>
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<title>Stateless Rohingya Children are deprived of Education at Home and Diaspora </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1037/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 500  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1037/</guid>
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<title>Arrest and abduction of human rights activist - No progress in investigations</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1045/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It's been nearly three years since Mr. Sinnvan Stephen Sunthararaj, Programme Manager of the Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRD) was abducted&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1045/</guid>
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<title>Sri Lanka: Women From The North And East Call For Real Peace, Justice And Accountability</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1027/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1027/</guid>
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<title>Toward to the end of Syriac Christians from Middle East?</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1028/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1028/</guid>
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<title>The global pandemic of environmental racism and corporate impunity</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1025/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The global pandemic of environmental racism and corporate impunity
By Chizom Ekeh
Friday 3 March 2012
The indigenous Uwa peoples of northern Colombia&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1025/</guid>
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<title>Religious diversity must for peace, development</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1031/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Respecting religious diversity and promoting religious harmony is essential for peace and sustainable development in Pakistan, said Sustainable Development&hellip; ]]></description>
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<title>Namibia: Indigenous groups' long road to claim their rights</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1023/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two indigenous groups have stood up to the powers that be in Namibia to claim their rights. In two separate declarations, the Himba and Zemba ethnic groups&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1023/</guid>
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<title>Northern folk barrage mining companies in the Metro</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1021/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Three hundred people coming from different Northern provinces trooped mining corporations’ offices in Manila to protest the violations of people’s&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1021/</guid>
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<title>New report: Inter-community conflict and its affect on the Ik in Uganda </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1019/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1019/</guid>
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<title>MRG and UNPO side event at the UN: Uyghur women face severe rights violations in China</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1003/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1003/</guid>
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<title>Photo story: Inside Egypt's Revolution</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1017/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1017/</guid>
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<title>my story</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/948/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It is like a long winding lane,that has no light to light the path,but i walk to find my destiny which i now have.
My story is a little bit twisted ,unexpected&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/948/</guid>
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<title>MRG Podcast: February 2012</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1013/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1013/</guid>
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<title>HONDURAS: Preserving native Bay Island culture and involving youth on Roatan Island</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1012/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1012/</guid>
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<title>London Igbos march in protest against killings committed by Boko Haram</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1024/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ London Igbos march in protest against killings committed by Boko Haram

By Chizom Ekeh

Saturday 18 February 2012 
(London, UK)

More than 200 people&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1024/</guid>
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<title>Dalit Sangathan demanded rights over Land in Bihar, India</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1010/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On 15th February 2012, a protest march organized by members of Dalit Shakti Sangathan (DSS is a Community Based Organisation promoted by Jan Adhikar Kendra),&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1010/</guid>
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<title>Minorities at the UN: Eradicate racism towards Afro-Latinas in Latin America</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1007/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1007/</guid>
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<title>concerning the current situation of Kurds in Syria in light of the revolution.</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1006/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The current situation in the Kurdish areas is anything but stable. In the majority of Kurdish cities, and especially in Al-Jazira, the Syrian military&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1006/</guid>
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<title>Minorities at the UN: Effective participation of Dalit women in economic life</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1001/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1001/</guid>
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<title>Minorities at the UN: Protect the rights of Kurdish women in Turkey</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1002/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1002/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1004/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1004/</guid>
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<title>Minorities at the UN: Improve access to early childhood services for the Roma</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1005/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1005/</guid>
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<title>Guatemala stove project----- improving cooking methods in the Guatemalan Highlands</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/992/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Guatemalan Stove Project is a small charity based in Perth, Ontario. By raising small sums of money (around $250.), Canadians are able to work with&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/992/</guid>
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<title>African Canadian Legal Clinic - Navigating the Ontario justice system & rebuilding young lives</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/989/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/989/</guid>
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<title>Iran arrests, tortures and kills Ahwazi Arabs in new clampdown</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/988/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Ahwazi Arab community is witnessing a fresh wave of arrests, detentions and killings at the hands of the Iranian regime, which has instituted martial&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/988/</guid>
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<title>Minorities at the UN: The socio-economic empowerment of women in Kenya</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/971/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/971/</guid>
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<title>Minorities at the UN: Inter-caste marriage with Dalits in Nepal</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/972/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/972/</guid>
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<title>MRG at the UN: Minority Women in post-conflict peace-building processes</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/973/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/973/</guid>
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<title>UN Forum on Minority Issues: Lee Macqueen of NCDHR</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/965/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN Forum on Minority Issues: Mischek Gondo of the National Association of Youth Organisations (Zimbabwe)</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/967/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/967/</guid>
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<title>UN Forum on Minority Issues: Nara Narimanova of the Crimean Tatar Youth Council</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/966/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/966/</guid>
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<title>UN Forum on Minority Issues: The Institute for Regional Studies (Kyrgyzstan)</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/968/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/968/</guid>
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<title>Indigenous peoples wary over new mining policy</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/964/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indigenous peoples’ organization Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) criticized President Bengino Aquino’s actions in a meeting&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/964/</guid>
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<title>Indigenous peoples condemn military harassment of UP students</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/963/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) condemned the harassment done against University of the Philippines students and four Ayta minors&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/963/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/962/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/962/</guid>
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<title>Article</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/960/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Last year was a turbulent and violent year for Iran’s persecuted and impoverished Ahwazi Arab and Mandean communities who populate the oil-rich southwestern&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/960/</guid>
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<title>New report: Dynamics of conflicts in the Mau Forest Complex: Towards an early warning and monitoring system</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/958/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/958/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/957/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/957/</guid>
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<title>Urgent measures needed to protect all ethnic groups after recent South Sudan attacks, MRG</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/954/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/954/</guid>
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<title>New Report: Inter-community conflict in Jonglei State, South Sudan</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/955/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/955/</guid>
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<title>New report: Preventing Conflict in Karamoja, Uganda</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/956/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/956/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/952/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/952/</guid>
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<title>Nepal_Navin_Shekhar_1-3</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1040/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Regional workshop on State Restructuring & Minority Rights throughout Nepal's all region. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1040/</guid>
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<title>An expert panel for best guarantees IPs rights in news constitution at last minute</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/949/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a bid to best guarantee the Indigenous Peoples' rights in the new constitution, the Lawyers from Indigenous Peoples community and members of Constituent&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/949/</guid>
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<title>Bangladesh: a hard life in the camps for Urdu speaking minority</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/944/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/944/</guid>
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<title>Cambodia: Communal land titles awarded, but indigenous land remains under threat</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/937/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Cambodian government has issued communal land tittles to three indigenous communities--the first of their kind in the country.
The government awarded&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/937/</guid>
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<title>consequence of inter caste marriage</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/936/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Consequence of Intercaste Marriage 

As a consequence of intercaste marriage the family of intercaste married couple become houseless in Darchula district&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/936/</guid>
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<title>Burma: Interview with Salai Za Uk Ling, an activist with the Chin Human Rights Organization</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/934/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dalit women voice concerns at the UN Forum on Minority Issues</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/922/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dalit representatives from India, Nepal and Bangladesh voiced their concerns about effective political participation of Dalit women at the 4th session&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/922/</guid>
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<title>Mining corporations, State forces are main violators of our rights –indigenous peoples</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/920/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Human rights violations against the indigenous peoples are on the rise, according to Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP.)

“In&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/920/</guid>
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<title>Shweli Under Siege </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/916/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Burma’s military-backed government is proceeding with two mega dams on Burma’s Shweli River, a major tributary of the Irrawaddy, which will forcibly&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/916/</guid>
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<title>Cameroo: violent repression against the Mbororo</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/919/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This video shows the violent repression against the minority Mbororo community as Baba Ahmadou Danpullo billionaire commercial rancher and member of the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/919/</guid>
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<title>The Kurdish National Conference and the right of self-determination</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/943/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A report about the Right on Self-determination for the Kurds in Syria in the international law and in the praxis.
Index 
1- The Kurdish National Conference&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/943/</guid>
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<title>Hacienda Cañasgordas: Arqueología del Relato</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/947/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ El documental relata la historia de la Hacienda Cañasgordas en Cali - Colombia, sus particularidades arquitectónicas y el origen de sus esclavos; la&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/947/</guid>
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<title>Grabbing Lands </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/915/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 63% of Families Lose Land and Livelihoods to Destructive Development and Land Grabs in the Ta’ang area 

A new report released by Ta’ang Students&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/915/</guid>
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<title>Burma: hydroelectric dam sparks fighting</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/913/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Thai company and the Burmese government are planning a hydroelectric dam in Karen state. The dam is expected to displace many ethnic Karen and has already&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/913/</guid>
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<title>VIOLATION OF SAMBURU MINORITY GROUP RIGHTS</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/914/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kenya has had a deplorable record of honouring the rights of its Indigenous citizens, both during colonization and after. On February-March 2009 the government’s&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/914/</guid>
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<title>Cambodia: Indigenous women on the forefront of land rights advocacy</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/912/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Women, including those from indigenous communities, are increasingly finding themselves on the frontline in advocating for their rights in the face of&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/912/</guid>
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<title>Interview with Hanan Al Sanah</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/906/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bedouin Arab women face high rates of poverty. They face disproportionately low levels of education and employment compared to other Israeli women. They&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/906/</guid>
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<title>Bedouin Arabs' land rights</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/907/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 30,000 Bedouin Arabs in Israel are going to be evicted from their homes as part of a new government plan. The Bedouin have for decades been fighting&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/907/</guid>
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<title>MRG Podcast: November 2011</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/910/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/910/</guid>
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<title>Suarez Gold: Afro-Colombian miners defending their heritage</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/905/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/905/</guid>
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<title>Bedouin photo story !CHANGE</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/901/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ we need to add some text also here ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/901/</guid>
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<title>Access To Water</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/864/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ KDO installed water handpumps in different parts of the Bahawalpur District in order to meet the water shortage under its ACCESS TO WATER Initiative. One&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/864/</guid>
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<title>Lumad village suffers third forced evacuation in 5 months</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/898/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte—Indigenous peoples in Bangayan village in Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte forcibly evacuated for the third time this year according&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/898/</guid>
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<title>Discrimination on religious ground still persist in a secular country Nepal   </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/917/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a bid to address the sentiments and long standing demands of ethnic minorities, the parliament declared Nepal a secular state on May, 18, 2006. The&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/917/</guid>
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<title>KAMP condemns killing of Italian priest and IP advocate</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/847/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A lone motorcycle-riding gunman typical of the ubiquitous death squads during the Arroyo regime took the life of staunch Lumad advocate and Catholic priest,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/847/</guid>
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<title>Thailand: Migrant workers exploited amid floods, rights groups warn</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/899/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Su Su raised an open palm, motioning a flat line above her chest.
“The waters came up to here,” she said.
For two weeks, Su Su, a Burmese migrant&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/899/</guid>
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<title>Suarez Gold: Afro-Colombian miners defending their heritage</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/900/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/900/</guid>
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<title>Village of the Forgotten Widows</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/897/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 	
For three years the people of Bosnia were devastated by the horrors of war. They lived through attacks, rape and ethnic cleansing. Throughout all of&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/897/</guid>
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<title>Burma: Burma Army targeting civilians in Kachin State</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/896/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A rights group is demanding the release of four ethnic Karen women believed to be held captive as sex slaves by the Burma Army.
The Chiang Mai-based Kachin&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/896/</guid>
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<title> EAHRO: Four Ahwazi Human Rights Activists Arrested </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/892/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Four Ahwazi Human Rights Activists Arrested for Organising Arabic Cultural Activities.
Five Arab teachers have been arrested in the city of Hamidiya Arabistan&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/892/</guid>
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<title>Under Media Blackout 12 Arab farmers Killed by Iranian Forces in Swiseh village</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/893/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ European Ahwazi Human Rights Organization has learnt that Iran has killed 12 Arab farmers after they resisted confiscation of their land in Swiseh village.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/893/</guid>
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<title>Dominican Republic:  Marginalized, harrased and criminalized Afrodescedant youth in the Americas demand to be heard</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/895/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/895/</guid>
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<title>Cameroon: Herders await repossession of their lands 7 years on</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/891/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In 2003, after 17 years of advocacy campaign by the Mbororo people, the Office of the President of Cameroon ordered an Investigation into the human rights&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/891/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Czech development practitioner says the human rights-based approach is a lens to global issues</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/883/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/883/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Journalists say media in the New Member States are inward-looking</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/884/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/884/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Hungarian Parliamentarian says human rights-based approach is the future for the Hungarian development framework</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/885/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/885/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Hungarian MEP says human rights-based approach is crucial at both the policy and the programming level</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/886/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/886/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Development officials from SIDA and DfID says human rights and development are interconnected</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/887/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/887/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Hungarian development official gives good tips to Poland and Cyprus on the EU Presidency</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/870/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/870/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Polish development official argues for the inclusion of beneficiaries in development programmes</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/880/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/880/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Hungarian development practitioner gives good tips to development NGOs in Poland and Cyprus</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/871/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/871/</guid>
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<title>Hungarian development official says EU Presidency had a positive impact on development cooperation</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/867/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/867/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Hungarian development officials says water as a priority was a timely initiative during the Hungarian EU Presidency</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/868/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/868/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Hungarian development officials says transition experience is an added value of the New Member States to development</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/869/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/869/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Polish official talks about Presidency priorities</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/872/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/872/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/873/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/873/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Hungarian development official says human rights-based programming can make development cooperation more sustainable</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/874/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/874/</guid>
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<title>EU: Cypriot development practitioner talks about their challenges prior to the Presidency</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/875/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/875/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back - Lithuanian development official about Presidency priorities and the Lithuanian development cooperation</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/876/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/876/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back - Lithuanian development practitioner says media could play an active role in the promotion of development issues</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/877/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/877/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back - Lithuanian development official says media should inform the taxpayers about state development programmes</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/878/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/878/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Development expert says human rights based approach is an effective tool to the development in the hands of the New Member States</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/879/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/879/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/881/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/881/</guid>
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<title>EU: We report back – Polish development practitioner says NGOs could be champions in the implementation of the rights-based approach</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/882/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/882/</guid>
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<title>Kenya passes anti-FGM  law, will it stop the Cut?</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/866/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ MRG’s Africa Regional Information Officer, Mohamed Matovu,  probes the success of the anti-FGM law that Kenya and several other African countries have&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/866/</guid>
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<title> Afropanamanian Newsletter No.9 Vol. II October 2011</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/860/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/860/</guid>
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<title>DECLARACION DE SAN JOSE- Final Declaration of the First World Conference on Afrodescendnat Youth  </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/861/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/861/</guid>
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<title>Colombia: Land rights defenders remain under threat  </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/862/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/862/</guid>
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<title>Father Killed after son's inter caste marriage</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/831/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Santa Bahadur Damai (20 years), permanent residence of Toli VDC-2 Dailkeh, got married with Raj Kumari Shahi (girl of the so-called upper caste) after&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/831/</guid>
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<title>Indigenous Chichewa dictionary launched in Malawi    </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/859/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foundation Heart for Malawi is happy to spread the latest news on two publications, the Chichewa Dictionary and the Rebmann Biography - a German missionary&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/859/</guid>
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<title>MRG Podcast: October 2011</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/858/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/858/</guid>
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<title>Programa Radial sobre la Legitimización de las tierras Mocovies</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/853/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Programa Indo Afro América “Un programa por los derechos de las Minorías”

Radio Nacional Santa Fé
	
Entrevista vía telefónica con Manuel&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/853/</guid>
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<title>Programa Radial sobre reunión Barlovento 2003</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/852/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Programa dedicado al encuentro realizado en Barlovento en Marzo 2003.

Investigadores de comunidades afro descendientes de países de América describieron&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/852/</guid>
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<title>Programa Radial sobre el autoreconocimiento afro descendiente en América</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/854/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Programa Indo Afro América “Un programa por los derechos de las Minorías”

Radio Nacional Santa Fé

Programa dedicado al proceso de autoreconocimiento&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/854/</guid>
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<title>Anti-'Pygmy and Mbororo Hate Campaign on DBS TV</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/855/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This information is about propaganda intended at inciting hate, redicule and discrimination against the Mbororo and the 'Pygmies' indigenous peoples of&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/855/</guid>
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<title>Justice for victims of a powerful commercial rancher and plantations owner</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/856/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For the past 25 years thousands of poor Cameroonians have been subjected to serious human rights abuses by Baba Ahmadou Danpullo a powerful multi-millionaire&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/856/</guid>
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<title>Indonesia: Soldiers use live fire, make mass arrests at Papua rally</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/850/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indonesian security forces opened fire at a tense independence rally in Papua Wednesday and arrested as many as 300 people, according to reports from media&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/850/</guid>
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<title>Cambodia: Proposed NGO law will threaten advocates from minority, Indigenous communities</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/849/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A controversial proposed law on non-governmental organizations in Cambodia could have devastating consequences for advocates from minority and Indigenous&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/849/</guid>
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<title>Iran Fires 105 Ahwazi Workers</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/894/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  EAHRO has learned that Iran has intensified its crackdown against at least1,000 Ahwazi Arab workers in Ahwaz Pipe Factory and Ahwaz municipality on the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/894/</guid>
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<title>Ecuador: Indigenous justice and Ecuadorian state laws: Interview with Ecuadorian lawyer Mercedes Zambrano</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/845/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/845/</guid>
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<title>Panama: Current reality and key concerns of the Afro-Panamanian population  </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/846/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/846/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/841/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/841/</guid>
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<title>Injustices with minorities in flood relief in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/844/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scheduled castes women complaints over relief

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/09/complaint-over-relief.html

 

Rain victims complain of rotten food

http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/02/rain-victims-complain-of-rotten-food.html

&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/844/</guid>
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<title>Laos: Minority Hmong may be held at abusive detention centre, rights watchdog says</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/840/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Authorities in Laos are locking up ethnic minority Hmong along with other "undesirables" in a detention centre where people face brutal beatings if they&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/840/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/836/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/836/</guid>
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<title>Vietnam: New wave of arrests for religious activists</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/832/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/832/</guid>
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<title>http://idsn.org/news-resources/idsn-news/read/article/pakistans-dalits-denied-flood-relief-because-of-caste-discrimination/128/</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/830/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Desperately needed shelter and relief items are not reaching hundreds of thousands of Dalits who are left homeless after the severe flooding in Pakistan’s&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/830/</guid>
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<title>MRG Podcast: September 2011</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/825/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/825/</guid>
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<title>Join the 100 day campaign against caste discrimination and untouchability</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/826/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ “I commit to end caste-based discrimination and untouchability!” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, in her video message, kicking&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/826/</guid>
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<title>Dale Farm eviction </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/828/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ These pictures were taken on Tuesday 20th September at Dale Farm in Essex, a former scrap yard which is home to 90 Traveller families. The place is under&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/828/</guid>
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<title>Second slay rips indigenous family in Palawan</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/829/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Another indigenous person has fallen to masked motorcycle-riding gunmen according to an indigenous peoples’ organization. “Worse, it is from the same&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/829/</guid>
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<title>Indigenous peoples, environment activists pushed out of mining conference</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/823/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of indigenous peoples and environment activists staged protest at the Sofitel Plaza Hotel in Pasay City where a conference of mining investors&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/823/</guid>
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<title>CERD and Your Community</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/821/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The government of Sri Lanka has ratified the International convention on elimination of racial discrimination on 18th February 1982a and entry into force&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/821/</guid>
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<title>Burma: China digs in across conflict-ridden Burma to access oil and gas </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/820/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A report released by the Shwe Gas Movement reveals the disturbing extent to which China has advanced construction of a trans- 
Burma oil and gas pipelines&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/820/</guid>
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<title>Cambodia: forum seeks ways to address marginalization of indigenous peoples</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/819/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Government officials and representatives of several UN agencies
met to discuss issues concerning Cambodia's indigenous people, calling for greater attention&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/819/</guid>
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<title>Bilingual Education in Cambodia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/805/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The Cambodian government has establish Khmer language schools in the highland provinces of Rattanakiri, and Mondulkiri. However, minority people in these&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/805/</guid>
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<title>India: anti-corruption movement excludes minorities</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/815/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The following is the statement of Dr John Dayal, Secretary General, All India Christian Council, on behalf of the Council, on the apprehensions of the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/815/</guid>
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<title>Minority composite heritage symbol and people</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/808/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two pictures are of indigenous and minorities (Dalits) in our working areas showing their participation in Human rights awareness programmes ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/808/</guid>
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<title>Sampur an uprooted village</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/810/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ it is about a village in Sri lanka, which was affected by the war and all the people were displaced but even after 2 years the people are not allowed to&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/810/</guid>
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<title>Sri Lanka: Discrimination against Tamil minority  </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/804/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Sri Lanka is a multiethnic country with the experiences of long civil war was end in 2009. The ethno-religious mix of Sri Lanka, with 20 million people,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/804/</guid>
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<title>The Situation in the Syrian Kurdish Areas Exacerbates</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/794/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Situation in the Syrian Kurdish Areas Exacerbates. The spark of the Syrian uprising against the Syrian regime was first lit in March 2011, in Deraa,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/794/</guid>
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<title>Why Dalits and Minorities fear Freedom Struggle 2.0</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/799/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The media has finally noted the absence of the Dalits, OBCs and religious minorities from the mobilisation for the Kejriwal-Kiran Bedi-Hazare gathering&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/799/</guid>
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<title>Recent attacks on women in the north and east of Sri Lanka - impunity and lack of rule of law.</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/796/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/796/</guid>
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<title>Dalit homes destroyed by Delhi authorities, no warning given</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/790/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Imagine sitting in your home, it’s ten o´clock in the morning, and you suddenly see a bulldozer, with its jaws wide open, drive up to your front door.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/790/</guid>
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<title>Interviews with activists: Johanne Ongbenok, Director of FONDAF, Cameroon</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/792/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/792/</guid>
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<title>Syria in change - Solution for the Kurdish issue</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/793/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Since 15th March of this year, citizens rose up against the regime in Syria, which is considered as one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/793/</guid>
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<title>Govt. Committed To Equal Rights For Religious Minorities In Pakistan</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/791/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Just, three days before this year’s independence day of Pakistan, the government of Pakistan showed her commitment to equal rights to the religious minorities&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/791/</guid>
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<title>Malaysian police raid AIDS fundraiser at a church</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/789/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) unreservedly condemns the unwarranted raid on the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/789/</guid>
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<title>August 2011 Podcast</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/788/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/788/</guid>
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<title>Foreign investment threatens Burma</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/787/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foreign investment has risen dramatically over the past year, as international companies cooperate with Burma’s government to exploit the country’s&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/787/</guid>
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<title>On-going Government obstruction of EU-funded project in Bangladesh</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/780/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It is a matter of regret and concern that Odhikar has become the victim of numerous acts of harassment by the government agencies. The NGO Affairs Bureau&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/780/</guid>
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<title>Ahwazi Refugees plight in Al-Waleed camp</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/784/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ahwazi people, These vulnerable people fled Iran and death threats have found themselves in horrendous conditions in the desert. The camp lacks from poor&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/784/</guid>
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<title>Racist Mayor Fires 400  Ahwazi Workers </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/785/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ktanbaf Mansoor, mayor of Ahwaz and Iranian revolutionary guard official Fired 400 Ahwazi workers apparently for  participating in or supporting pro-democracy&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/785/</guid>
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<title>Nepalese Minority Groups; Struggle for Identity & Representation</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/782/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For minority civil society to be able to play an active role in a modern democracy, civil society organizations need to have a deep knowledge of the international&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/782/</guid>
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<title>India: Gauri's story</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/781/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/781/</guid>
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<title>Current drought severely affects minority communities</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/770/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The East and Horn of Africa including countries like Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Kenya and Uganda is facing severe drought. And this is not news because&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/770/</guid>
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<title>Cambodia pressured by China to deport Uighur refugees: Wikileaks</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/775/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China put considerable pressure on Cambodia to deport Uighur refugees requesting political asylum, leaked US diplomatic cables suggest. 

The refugees&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/775/</guid>
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<title>Life on the edge; the Mbororo of Cameroon</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/772/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/772/</guid>
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<title>Cambodia must provide citizenship to Khmer Krom refugees: human rights group</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/767/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The Cambodian government should begin to immediately provide citizenship Khmer Krom arriving from Vietnam where they claim they are discriminated against,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/767/</guid>
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<title>Nepal: Dalits hope their true numbers will be revealed in census</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/769/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dalits in Nepal are hoping their numbers will be accurately reflected in the 2011 census after civil society groups carried out a public education campaign.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/769/</guid>
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<title>Burma: conflict leads to spike in trafficking of Palaung minority</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/768/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Stolen Lives: Human Trafficking from Palaung Areas of Burma to China

By Palaung Women's Organization | June 14, 2011
The Palaung Women’s Organization&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/768/</guid>
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<title>Photo story from Rwanda. Street Theatre Project</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/771/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Zulema Cadenas, from MRG was visiting Gitarama, Rwanda, to support the beginning of the Street Theatre Project run in Rwanda by YWCA. The aim of this project&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/771/</guid>
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<title>We are Indigenous not "Bengali": Indigenous people in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1043/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On 9th July 2011, about 5000 indigenous people attended a protest rally in Bandarban denying the 15th constitutional amendment of Bangladesh, (on the 15th&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1043/</guid>
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<title>State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2011</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/766/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Women from minority and indigenous communities are targeted for rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture and killings specifically because of their&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/766/</guid>
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<title>Cattle rustling in South Sudan</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/765/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The video focuses on a cattle rustling attack that killed one man and injured another. There is a lot of tension between ethnic groups in Southern Sudan.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/765/</guid>
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<title>Suriname: Interview with Patrick Kensenhuis, Member of The National Assembly of the Republic of Suriname</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/761/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/761/</guid>
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<title>ASCOLMICAY: Asociación de Colonias Micaysenas</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/762/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/762/</guid>
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<title> Colombia: Strengthening Afro-Colombian Community Councils </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/763/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/763/</guid>
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<title>Colombia: Association Of Community Councils Of Timbiqui</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/760/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/760/</guid>
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<title>MRG Podcast: June 2011</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/759/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/759/</guid>
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<title>Indigenous People in Nepal</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/701/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This photo was taken during the community harmony human rights festival in Kapilvastu district, one of the districts in the southern terai region of Nepal.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/701/</guid>
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<title>The uncertainties of life-living through waters of dejection</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/744/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Delhi received heavy monsoon rains this year in August and September (2010). The incessant rainfall had undoubtedly disturbed the normal lives of the people&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/744/</guid>
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<title>Interview: ethnic tensions and cattle raiding</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/748/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Boma community leader Paul Oleyo Longony speaks about tensions between ethnic groups - and what can be done about it.

The interview accompanies MRG's&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/748/</guid>
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<title>Americas: Interview With Sidney Francis, President  of CABO-ONECA at the 41st Regular Session Of The General Assembly Of The Organzation Of American States  </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/764/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/764/</guid>
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<title>Cambodia: in advance of Khmer Rouge trial, a new book about minority Cham women during the regime</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/745/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As former Khmer Rouge leaders prepare to stand trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including genocide, a new book sheds light on a minority&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/745/</guid>
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<title>NEPAL: UN WELCOMES NEW LAW ON CASTE-BASED DISCRIMINATION</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/742/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United Nations human rights officials and their counterparts in Nepal today welcomed a new law prohibiting discrimination against people who are considered&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/742/</guid>
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<title>Photo gallery from Malaysia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/725/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysia prides itself on being a multi-cultural Muslim country. Its majority population are Malays in ethnicity who follow the Islamic religion. Some&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/725/</guid>
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<title>National Conference of Dalit Women by FEDO</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/728/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
National Conference of Dalit Women (FEDO)
Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO) organized the National Conference of Dalit Women with the theme “Dignified&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/728/</guid>
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<title>Baha’i educational programme targeted in raids</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/721/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A coordinated series of raids have been carried out against the homes of several Iranian Baha’is, active in a community initiative to provide a higher&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/721/</guid>
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<title>MRG Podcast: May 2011</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/717/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/717/</guid>
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<title>Al-Ahwaz: Iran's best-kept dirty secret</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/715/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Ahwazi's have not only been denied their most basic civil, political and human rights, they have been tortured, imprisoned and killed in the most brutal&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/715/</guid>
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<title>Bangladesh: Rohungya refugees suffer from lack of documentation</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/713/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled repression in Burma  have no protection from abuse , starvation, and detention in Bangladesh because&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/713/</guid>
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<title>Growing numbers of Kachin women trafficked as brides across China</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/712/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kachin women lagely live in Kachin State in northeastern Burma, where it borders China to the norht and east.  Aproximately one million Kachin people live&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/712/</guid>
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<title>Stop Ethnic Cleansings In Ahwaz </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/709/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
We the undersigned, write to you out of deep concern for Iran’s increasingly brutal crackdown on the Ahwazi Arabs human rights activists and peaceful&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/709/</guid>
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<title>Extract of the Report From "Vision" to Facts - Human Rights in Vietnam under its Chairmanship of ASEAN</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/696/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In 2010, Vietnam chaired the ASEAN and its new Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, but did very few to promote and protect human rights. On the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/696/</guid>
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<title>  San Andres, Colombia - WE STAY WITH NOTHING</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/704/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/704/</guid>
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<title>Emerging Conceptual Framework for Gender Equality in Islam: Preliminaries for the Amendment of the Code of Muslim Personal Laws in the Philippines </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/690/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This article discusses current initiatives in the Philippines to advocate for gender justice in laws and policies, especially in the Philippine Code of&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/690/</guid>
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<title>Argentina: 2010 Census - Successful or not?</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/700/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/700/</guid>
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<title>Argentina: IT'S HARD TO BE BLACK HERE </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/699/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/699/</guid>
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<title>Children in IDP area</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/688/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ There has been civil war in Burma for more than 50 years between the ethnic minority peoples and the central government. Human rights abuses are systematic&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/688/</guid>
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<title>Orissa Freedom of Religion Act 1967 is Anti-Minority </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/691/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Changing religious belief and practices is as old as Jainism and Buddhism in India. In protest of caste-based exploitation and exclusion by the so-called&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/691/</guid>
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<title>Cowboys vs. Indians in Nicaragua's 'Wild East'</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1075/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As Nicaragua gears up for the elections that will determine whether the country sticks with the current trend for left-leaning Latin American governments,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Story of Minority of AKhdam inYemen</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/681/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I'm Sami Al-Naggar, head of All Youth Network  in Yemen - I belong to an ethnic minority called Akhdam, in fact I am an ambitious young man looking for&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/681/</guid>
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<title>Warrant of Arrest Issued against Punjab Police Officer in Mohali Turban Case</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/695/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 17 April 2011, Mohali, Panjab –A bailable warrant of arrest was issued yesterday against the concerned officer of Mohali Phase VIII Police Station for&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/695/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/630/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Appeal - Support the peaceful demonstrators in Syria</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/629/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The people in Syria went on the streets in Daraa, Damascus, Lattakia, Homs,
Qamishli and many other cities and showed their will to have change in their
country.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/629/</guid>
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<title>Thailand: Education for Migrant and Stateless Children</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/693/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ I've provided some background information on our organisation - Foundation for Rural Youth. We work in different areas related to migrant issues in Bangkok.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/693/</guid>
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<title>Youth Led – Narok County Congress Press Release </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/614/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Government of Kenya has been given an ultimatum of 48hours to solve the controversial Mau Narok Land issue.

Youth Led – Narok County Congress&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/614/</guid>
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<title>THE FLOODS HIT AGAIN. MAASAI LAND, NAROK ,EXPERIENCES ANOTHER FLOOD!</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/616/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ THE FLOODS HIT AGAIN. MAASAI LAND, NAROK ,EXPERIENCES ANOTHER FLOOD!

Wednesday 30th, 2011

It was 3:00pm and the clouds had already gathered preparing&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Interview with Akli: the Tuareg who escaped Libya.</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/623/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Akli is a Tuareg arriving from Libya who came to meet us at MRG to talk about his people: the Amazigh.
Amazighs are part of the better known minority&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/623/</guid>
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<title>Carla Clarke’s talk at the Socio-Economic Rights Knowledge Group Meeting: Exploring Land Rights.</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/625/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
At this meeting of the Clarke, MRG Legal cases officer has delivered a talk at the Socio-Economic Rights Knowledge Group Meeting: Exploring Land Rights.

During&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/625/</guid>
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<title>FEDO Nepal celebrates the International Women's Day</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/612/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ To celebrate the 100th International Women’s Day in Nepal, FEDO (Feminist Dalit Organization) hosted an event featuring photography, art and documentary&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/612/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/611/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/611/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/610/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/608/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/603/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/605/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/601/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/602/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Protectiong the Victioms, not Defending the Actors</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/802/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Religious Violence continues to occur. Assault, vandalism of homes and places of worship, evictions, threats and various forms of abuse and denial of human&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/802/</guid>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SATIIM's Oil Summit</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/609/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dear all
 
On Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th March the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management held a district summit. It was a huge success&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Christian and Sikh minorities in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/592/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A selection of images of Pakistan's religious minorities, photographed in 2009 by MRG's Jared Ferrie. The images include Christians in the Peshawar province&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan's Christian Leader Buried In His Native Village</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/593/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On March 4, thousands of Christians and Muslims gathered in Khushpur, a Christian village in the Punjab province of Pakistan, at the funeral of late Shahbaz&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oromo Refugees trapped in LIbya with nowhere to turn</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/594/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ More than 230 Oromo people, including pregnant women, young children and elderly people are trapped in Benghazi with time running out to save their lives.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IN PERU</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/580/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Every eight hours a woman dies in Peru from pregnancy complications or during  childbirth. 45 percent of the deaths that take occur in  Peru are of afroperuanos&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/580/</guid>
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<title>Interview with Chief Wilton Littlechild</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/581/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In June 2008 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a public apology to Canada's 80,000 First Nation residential school survivors and expressed&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afro descendant in the Americas: A Struggle for Recognition</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/579/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United Nations and the Organization of American States has decreed 2011 to be the Year of African descendants.
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/579/</guid>
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<title>MRG condemns targeted attacks on Ogiek activists</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/574/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Police crackdown on Huamn Rights defenders</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/565/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Police today arrested Hindraf Human Rights defenders who staged a Solidarity March against Racism ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MEPs: The EU must act now to help end one of the biggest human rights issues in the world </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/561/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PRESS RELEASE from The International Dalit Solidarity Network 
 
Brussels, March 1, 2011 (IDSN) --- MEPs stated that EU action must be taken to help&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maasai Pastoralists of Sukenya Farm, Tanzania assert their rights to ancestral lands</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/558/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In common with most indigenous people, the Maasai of Sukenya Farm have no formal recognition of their property rights.  Despite a recent decision in the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MRG Podcast: February 2011</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/556/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Municipio de Buenos Aires departamento del Cauca</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1098/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hoy en día, principio del siglo XXI con todo su adelanto tecnológico, globalización y su renovada forma de pensar, podemos notar cómo este desarrollo&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1098/</guid>
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<title>Cambodian indigenous group threatened by rubber company</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/551/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Human Rights Day Celebration in Ndugulu, Kenya</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/552/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New member states of the EU need to open up to developing countries</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/545/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Endorois activist says women's rights need to be fulfilled</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/546/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Affrimative action is needed to improve schooling and employment opportunities for Dalits</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/547/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Raising awareness about India’s Prevention of Atrocities Act among Dalits is a key issue to give meaning to the law</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/548/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Interviews with Activists: Thomas Philips</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/536/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Young Journalist Award's Top Stories: Human rights repression in Western Sahara</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/680/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Minority Voices is the name of the EU-funded three-year programme run by Minority Rights Group. Within this programme, Minority Rights Group International&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MRG Podcast: December 2010</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/534/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Respect Wanted: Domestic Workers in Bolivia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/684/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Minority Rights Group International launched the Minority Voices Young Journalist Award, a prize for young professionals and student journalists keen to&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/684/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/533/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Minorities speak at the UN: Georgia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/641/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ilona Kochoy from the Union of Kurdish Youth of Georgia, spoke at the UN Forum on Minority Issues highlighting the situation of Kurdish minorities with&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/641/</guid>
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<title>Minorities speak at the UN: India</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/642/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ H. Benjamin Mate, the coordinator of the Indo-Myanmar Tribal Development Association, spoke at the UN Forum on Minority Issues. To read his full statement,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/642/</guid>
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<title>MRG’s director of Policy and Communication at the 3rd UN Forum on Minorities issues.</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/637/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Look at the oral statement given by Carl Soderbergh, MRG’s director of Policy and Communications at the UN forum about minorities’ participation in&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A representative from the Uganda Coalition for Crisis Prevention’s gives a speech at the UN Forum on Minorities issues</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/638/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Uganda Coalition for Crisis Prevention participated to the 3rd UN forum of Minorities issues held in Geneva last December. The representative, Irene&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/638/</guid>
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<title>Interviw</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/526/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Interviews with Activists: Yaseen Ibrahim and Jamia Abdur-Raheem</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/527/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Interviews with Activists: Paul Oleyo Longony</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/528/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/528/</guid>
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<title>Interviews with Activists: Rorian Cherono</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/529/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Interviews with Activists: Esmael Omar on HIV among Minorities in Kenya</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/531/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Minorities speak at the UN: Kenya</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/639/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At the last session of the UN minorities Forum, Andrew Songa, the representative of the Centre for Minority Rights Development, talked about the state&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Minorities speak at the UN: Kyrgyzstan</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/640/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dildora Khamidova, on behalf of both the Centre for Multicultural and Multilingual Education and the Foundation for International Tolerance spoke at the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/640/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/525/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Photo story by Eric Lafforgue: Stick fighting day in Suri tribe, Ethiopia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/524/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Young Journalist Award runner up: Street racing queen of Ramallah</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/705/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Minority Rights Group International, in March 2011, announced the winner of the Minority Voices Young Journalist Award - a prize for young professionals&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MRG Podcast: November 2010</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/506/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Activists call for end to violence against the world’s ‘untouchable’ women</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/505/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On the United Nations Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25th of November, Dalit women activists are urging the world to pay attention&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/505/</guid>
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<title>Interviews with leaders and activist in Kuala Lumpur </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/726/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysia prides itself on being a multi-cultural Muslim country. Its majority population are Malays in ethnicity who follow the Islamic religion. Some&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/726/</guid>
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<title>10 years after legal victory still no resolution for Chagossians</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/499/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/499/</guid>
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<title>La Esgrima de Machete y Bordón Símbolo Cultural de Puerto Tejada Cauca- Colombia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/498/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Es una cartilla de 20 páginas, sobre una investigación que se realizó, con la comunidad afrodescendiente de Puerto Tejada Cauca, Colombia. En este material&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/498/</guid>
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<title>Endorois Traditional Song</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/474/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/474/</guid>
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<title>MRG Podcast: October 2010</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/475/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/475/</guid>
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<title>Fish Fish no fish </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1172/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After being unable to get fish for their livelihood, the villagers are making arrangements to go to Trishuli, Marsyangdi, Kali Gandaki and Budhi Gandaki&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1172/</guid>
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<title>Minorities struggle with identity and discrimination in divided Cyprus</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/465/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Minorities struggle with identity and discrimination in divided Cyprus
By Farah Mihlar
Foziye Tayim Ataya, is a Palestinian living in Cyprus. In 1948,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/465/</guid>
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<title>Traditional methods a useful tool for conflict resolution in Africa.</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/467/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/467/</guid>
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<title>The Ghosts Without Pigment</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/683/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Minority Rights Group International launched the Minority Voices Young Journalist Award, a prize for young professionals and student journalists keen&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/683/</guid>
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<title>Deforestation, corruption and evictions: the Ogiek of the Mau Forest, Kenya</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/463/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/463/</guid>
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<title>An ancient language, and a people, face extinction in Cambodia</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/458/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/458/</guid>
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<title>Government in Bangladesh closes down a project for human rights defenders</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/445/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/445/</guid>
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<title>Maasai activits and EC representative discuss EC's role in Africa</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/451/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/451/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/449/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/449/</guid>
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<title>Farah Mihlar discusses what difficulties minorities and indigenous peoples face when doing advocacy</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/452/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/448/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/450/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/450/</guid>
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<title>Small ideas can bring benefit to poorer communities</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/453/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/453/</guid>
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<title>Minority Voices - a community-based media initiative</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/454/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/454/</guid>
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<title>EC representative discusses the role of EC delegations on the ground</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/455/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/455/</guid>
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<title>Conference news from May</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/457/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French linguist Jean-Michel Filippi talks about the ancient language of the S'aoch</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/461/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/461/</guid>
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<title>A member of the S'aoch community tells a story in his language</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/462/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/462/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/429/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Evictions from around the Boeung Kak Lake</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/436/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bernadett Halmaj_rap_vegleges</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/437/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/437/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/438/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/438/</guid>
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<title>Cicsero Halmaj (Bernadett pls add better title)</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/439/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/439/</guid>
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<title>UN-backed tribunal issues closing order in case of former Khmer Rouge leaders </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/440/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/440/</guid>
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<title>Batwa Sounds</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/441/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/441/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/442/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/442/</guid>
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<title>Chris Chapman: Kenya and Uganda Trip Sept. 2009</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/241/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In September 2009, MRG Conflict Prevention Head Chris Chapman traveled to Kampala, Uganda, and Nakuru, Kenya to meet with CSO representatives working on&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/241/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/338/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/339/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/336/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/336/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/335/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/335/</guid>
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<title>Farah Mihal </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/443/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/443/</guid>
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<title>Papua New Guinea: Police raids around Porgera gold mine</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1155/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1155/</guid>
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<title>A grassroots revolution</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/682/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Minority Rights Group International launched the Minority Voices Young Journalist Award, a prize for young professionals and student journalists keen to&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/682/</guid>
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<title>Rohingya – a people without hope </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/714/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Minority Rights Group International, in March 2011, announced the winner of the Minority Voices Young Journalist Award - a prize for young professional&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/714/</guid>
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<title>Ruta Pacífica rechaza acciones guerreristas contra organizaciones de mujeres y defensoras de Derechos Humanos</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/333/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ruta Pacífica rechaza acciones guerreristas contra organizaciones de mujeres y defensoras de Derechos Humanos

 

Las intimidaciones provienen de&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/333/</guid>
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<title>“CONSERVATION AND SUBTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT KRAST AREA IN KIEN LUONG DISTRICT”</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/331/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ From October 7th- 8th 2009, Center for Biodiversity and Development (CBD) coordinated with People Committee in 4 communes, town including Binh An, Duong&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/331/</guid>
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<title>Malawi to cerebrate World Mother Language Day</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/334/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malawi will on 15th May this month cerebrate World Mother Language Day to be held at Mzuzu Stadium.

Briefing journalists on Monday, chairperson of the&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/334/</guid>
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<title>Mum come back from kermis</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/685/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The ethnic minorities woman in sweat after the kermis, she give a small gift to her son - a little ice cream wafer make some sweet dream for good boy ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/685/</guid>
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<title>Boletin Informativo JENHeration</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/315/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Boletin informativo del Movimiento de Jóvenes Estableciendo Nuevos Horizontes JENH-CEDEHCA acerca de las actividades desarrollas en la Costa Caribe  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/315/</guid>
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<title>Garifunas en Nicaragua</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/316/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Jóvenes Garifunas participan en taller de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/316/</guid>
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<title>Our Dance, Our Identity</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/310/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Wayeyi are a rivering community found along river banks of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. They have many cultural festivals where they sing and dance.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/310/</guid>
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<title>The Tonga People in Zimbabwe: A forgotten people.</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/306/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For many years the Tonga people (a semi-nomadic people) lived peacefully along both sides of the Zambezi River in North-Western Zimbabwe. They cultivated&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/306/</guid>
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<title>Mbanderu Community in Botswana-Minority Voice</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/309/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Ovambanderu Community in Botswana originated from Namibia and settled in Botswana in 1904 after there were displaced by the Germans who colonised Namibia.&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/309/</guid>
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<title>Lentswe La Batswapong</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/308/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lentswe La Batswapong

Lentswe La Batswapong is an organisation that represents the Batswapong minority group. Its main aims are to advance the 

aspirations&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/308/</guid>
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<title>admire the unique dance of vekuhane</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/307/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Basubiya are a revering community (banoka in Setswana) found along river banks of the chobe.  They have some cultural festivals where they sing and&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/307/</guid>
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<title>Let Her Rest in Peace – A Hindu Girl Buried in a Muslim Graveyard</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1041/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On 29th April 2009, a 13 year old girl “Shahmira” an Oad (Non-Muslim) by cast, resident of village Khuda Bux Chandio Hyderabad, died due to an unknown&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1041/</guid>
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<title>Bódvalenke Fresco Village – a marginalised village turned into a touristic sight in Hungary</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/282/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bódvalenke Fresco Village – a marginalised village turned into a touristic sight in Hungary

A report shot and edited by Cicsero - Viktor Siroki,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/282/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/200/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/200/</guid>
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<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/208/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/208/</guid>
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<title>40 Years Protecting Minorities</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/332/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On Thursday 11th February 2010 MRG celebrated its 40 year anniversary with an exciting literary event at Foyles in London. Distinguished authors Roma Tearne&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/332/</guid>
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<title>MRG's Head of Law, Lucy Claridge, visits Burundi</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/199/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lucy Claridge, Head of Law at MRG, travelled to Burundi in December 2009 to further investigate a Batwa due process/land rights legal case that was proceeding&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/199/</guid>
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<title>Unemployment in Cserehát – local Roma collecting cherry</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/280/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Unemployment in Cserehát – local Roma collecting cherry

A report shot and edited by Cicsero - Viktor Siroki, Péter Siroki and Laci Siroki

See&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/280/</guid>
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<title>Iraqi Refugees in Sweden: A Yazidi Activist Speaks</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/227/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, minority communities, some of whom have lived in the country for more than two millennia, have faced targeted&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/227/</guid>
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<title>Madagascar: Rio Tinto’s history of human rights abuses</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1152/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/1152/</guid>
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<title>Say no to racism through football – Roma and non-Roma speak out in Halmaj</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/244/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Say no to racism through football – Roma and non-Roma speak out in Halmaj

A report shot and edited by Cicsero - Viktor Siroki, Péter Siroki and&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Photo story from India </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/239/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dalits, or Harijans, are a caste within India that are regularly alienated and ostracized as a result of their low status in society.  There are currently&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Photo story from Kenya October 2008</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/240/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As part of Minority Rights Group International’s Trouble in Paradise Campaign,  MRG staff members Emma Eastwood and Neil Clarke traveled to Kenya in&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraqi Refugees in Sweden: A Mandaean Priest Speaks </title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/281/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Minority Rights Group
Brief synopsis: One of five hard-hitting short films featuring interviews with Iraqi asylum seekers and refugees from minority communities&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/281/</guid>
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<title>Azerbaijan</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/238/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Republic of Azerbaijan, formerly the Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan is composed of main minority groups of Lezgins 178,000 (2.2%), Russians&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Racism Reborn Part one and two</title>
<link>http://minorityvoices.org/news.php/en/686/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This video footage is showing how racial discrimination is exercised in the urban city, Calgary in Canada.

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plQpLPy1eao

Part&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AL Ahwaz, it shall be free.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ His son falls to tears, holding him tight,
Asking and begging not to risk another heartbeat.
He steps out and disappears,
not days, not weeks, not months,&hellip; ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 1998 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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