The Muslim Council of Britain has expressed concern that Conservative Party MEPs supported the far-right Hungarian leader Viktor Orban in a crunch vote in the European parliament.
Botswana must step up efforts to recognise and protect the rights of minorities in relation to public services, land and resource use and the use of minority languages in education and other critical areas, says the UN Special Rapporteur on Minorities.
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is set to launch a new initiative to reduce escalating religious tension in Ethiopia, in an expression of its mandate to promote peace.
As Indians await a Supreme Court ruling on whether gay sex should be decriminalised, the National Council of Churches in India and some other faith leaders have issued a declaraion backing the reform They have also urged greater acceptance of sexual and gender minorities.
A new UNHCR report warns that discrimination, exclusion and persecution are stark realities for many of the world’s stateless minorities, and calls for immediate action to secure equal nationality rights for all.