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text-autospace:none'><b><font size=5 color=silver face=Arial><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:silver;mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Minority Rights Group International - e-bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Welcome to
the minority Rights Group International (MRG) email bulletin. Simply click on the
links below in order to access the full news story or publication on MRG's
website, or alternatively visit our site at: <font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><b><u><span
style='font-weight:bold'><<a href="http://www.minorityrights.org/">http://www.minorityrights.org</a>></span></u></b></span></font><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></p>
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style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>In this e-bulletin:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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18.0pt 55.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span></span></font><b><font size=2
color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Pastoralism: an African way of life on the brink
of extinction warns report<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;tab-stops:
55.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=green face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span></span></font><b><font size=2
color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Chagos Islanders take their struggle for justice
to heart of British government<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=green face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>New approach to trafficking must consider
minority dimension<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Report demands state action to halt violations
against rights defenders<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=green face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Kosovo Assembly urged to ensure minority rights
or risk increased segregation<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=green face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Burma</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'> reform setback as moderate Prime Minister
arrested<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>European Commission recommends </span></font></b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Turkey</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'> EU negotiations and continuing reform<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;tab-stops:
18.0pt 36.0pt 55.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
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font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:green;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:green;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'>Commission
to consider Kenyan Endorois case following urgent appeal to state<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;tab-stops:
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color=green face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span></span></font><st1:place><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Darfur</span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>: Security Council members resolve to let the
crisis continue</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span></span></font><b><font size=2
color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Focus on: Diego Garcia: A Crime Against
Humanity?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:green;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=green face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Vacancies <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;tab-stops:
55.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
color=green face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span></span></font><b><font size=2
color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Worth a closer look: Connections for Development<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=green face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>MRG Events and Advocacy<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:55.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=green face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
color:green'>·<span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'>Publications - Pastoralism on the Margin (New MRG
report)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:28.0pt;text-indent:-28.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=5 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'>News<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-outline-level:3;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Pastoralism: an African way of life on the brink of extinction warns
report<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Pastoralism,
a distinct African culture, form of livestock production and nomadic way of
life, may vanish forever in its traditional form without urgent action to
address the needs of pastoralist peoples in eastern </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Africa</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and the
Horn. As pastoralists gather this weekend for Kenyan Pastoralist Week, this is
the stark message of a new MRG report, 'Pastoralism on the Margin', which warns
that the essential foundations of this unique and ancient way of life have been
all but eroded in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The demise of
pastoralism, largely due to competing interests over land and failure to
acknowledge and protect pastoralist rights, would be 'a human rights tragedy
and a major loss to Africa's and humanity's cultural heritage', stated MRG. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=323">http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=323</a></span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Chagos Islanders take their struggle for justice
to the heart of British government<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>The islanders of Diego Garcia, evicted from their homes by the
British government in the 1970s to make way for a </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>US</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> military base, have taken their claims for justice directly to
the House of Commons. A public event, 'Diego Garcia: A Crime Against Humanity?'
organized by MRG, addressed the treatment of the islanders and the future of
Diego Garcia, and brought together members of the community, lawyers, Members
of Parliament, human rights experts, academics and the media. Considering
legal, social and political aspects of the Chagossian's claims, the event was a
unique opportunity to address the actions of the government and the demands of
the islanders in front of an expert audience. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=321">http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=321</a></span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>New approach to trafficking must consider minority
dimension<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>A 'new approach' to combating people trafficking
called for by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, should
consider the minority dimension to trafficking in order to address one of its
most fundamental causes. By addressing broader minority rights discrimination
which leaves women with few life and employment choices and facing multiple
forms of discrimination and exploitation, much will be done to starve the
traffickers of their key resource…vulnerable women and children, stated
MRG. Arbour has called for a 'human rights and development perspective' that
acknowledges that many of the root causes of trafficking lie in development
issues, poverty and inequality.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=318">http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=318</a></span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Report demands state action to halt violations
against rights defenders<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>United
Nations Special Representative on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, has
called on states to put in place strong institutional measures to prevent
'continuing high levels' of violations against human rights defenders.
Expressing her 'deep concern' over the extent of violations, Jilani highlighted
the absence of safeguards and the failure of institutions and agencies of the
State, which 'allow' violations to occur. MRG endorsed the report, highlighting
a spate of violations, including arbitrary arrest, against its own partner
organizations in recent weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=315">http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=315</a></span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Kosovo Assembly warned to ensure minority rights
or risk increased segregation<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As elections
for a Kosovo Assembly are hailed a success by United Nations officials the
situation regarding minorities, minority rights and security remains 'bleak' in
the province which has been under UN administration since June 1999. A low turn
out of minority voters including Kosovo Serbs, many of whom felt intimidated
and afraid to vote, highlights persistent problems that must be urgently
addressed to ensure a stable future. "The overall situation of minority
rights in Kosovo remains the worst in </span></font><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Europe</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, with
persons still afraid to speak their mother tongue on the street", stated
MRG.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=324">http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=324</a><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><st1:country-region><st1:place><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Burma</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'> reform setback as moderate Prime Minister
arrested<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The sacking
and arrest of Prime Minister and chief of military intelligence, Khin Nyunt,
has diminished hopes of progress towards democratic transition and led to fears
that it may herald a new crack down on the pro-democracy movement, political
parties and minorities in Burma. The ousting of Nyunt, considered by some to be
a relative moderate, by the military Junta is a setback for those pressing for
the release of National League for Democracy (NLD) leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,
and progress towards peace and democratization in the war-torn state.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=311">http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=311</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>European Commission recommends </span></font></b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Turkey</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> EU negotiations and continuing reform<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The European
Commission has recommended that </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Turkey</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> is ready for
European Union membership negotiations despite the need for significant further
progress in the fields of human and minority rights. The Commission highlighted
the need for implementation of constitutional and legislative measures to be
'consolidated and broadened' to ensure the effectiveness of such measures. The
Brussels decision includes the possibility to suspend negotiations with Turkey
should it be found to have committed 'serious and persistent breach' of the
principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=312">http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=312</a></span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Commission to consider Kenyan Endorois case following urgent appeal to
state<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The African Commission is due
to hear a legal case brought by the Endorois, a Kenyan pastoralist community,
at an admissibility hearing scheduled to take place in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Dakar</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> in early December. In a significant development in
the struggle for rights of the Endorois pastoralists, in June 2004, the
Commission accepted a call by rights groups to enact 'Provisional Measures' to
prevent irreparable harm to the community and their lands as a result of mining
activities. The Commission made an urgent appeal to President Mwai Kibaki of </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Kenya</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>, urging him to ensure 'no further issuance of the
alleged mining concessions'. The case is likely to coincide with Kenyan
'pastoralist week' during which communities will raise rights issues and
threats to their future cultural survival. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=316">http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=316</a></span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><st1:place><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Darfur</span></font></b></st1:place><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>: Security Council
members resolve to let the crisis continue<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The increasingly
ineffective position of the UN Security Council members in relation to the
current crisis in Darfur has been underlined in its latest resolution (1564),
adopted on 18 September, stating that it would 'consider taking additional
measures, including sanctions, should Sudan fail to comply fully with the Council's
July resolution'. Kofi Annan has consistently called for 'urgent action on
Darfur' and asserted that the Council has, for the first time in its history,
been required to act under Article 8 of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The ineffectiveness of current actions
comes, ironically, as the UN General Assembly debates how to strengthen the
organization's role in solving and preventing world crises.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=313">http://www.minorityrights.org/news_detail.asp?ID=313</a></span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=5 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'>Focus on: Diego Garcia:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>A Crime Against Humanity?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>For many of the islanders of Diego Garcia, the actions
of the British government in removing them from their island homes in the 1970s
are a painful memory, daily re-awakened through their struggle for justice and
a better life. To many who hear their story, the deportation of the Chagossians
to make way for a </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>US</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> military base was a dreadful abuse of power and
violation of rights. A 2000 high court ruling that their expulsion was illegal
was over-ruled this year through the use of a little used 'prerogative power'.
But as the islanders now prepare to take their case to the European Court of
Human Rights, rights lawyers are looking again at the circumstances of their
removal, and the criteria under which it might be found to be a 'crime against
humanity'. Such a finding could have important implications for the future of
the case and the treatment it receives under international law. MRG sets out
the arguments for considering Diego Garcia as a crime against humanity, and
considers the implications of such a finding. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/features/features_diegogarcia.htm">http://www.minorityrights.org/features/features_diegogarcia.htm</a><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-outline-level:2;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><b><font size=5 color=silver face=Arial><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:silver;font-weight:bold'>Vacancies</span></font></b><b><font
size=5 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MRG strives
to be an equal opportunities employer. MRG occasionally has opportunities for
internships and voluntary work and those interested in applying for such
positions should initially contact MRG with a brief curriculum vitae (resume)
and covering letter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><<a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/job_vac.asp">http://www.minorityrights.org/job_vac.asp</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=silver face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:silver;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><b><font size=2
color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=5 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'>Worth a closer look<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Connections for Development <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Connections for Development is a UK, black and
minority ethnic (BME) led, membership-based organisation created by a group of
people committed to ensuring that the many Black & ethnic minority
communities that are in the UK are involved in shaping and delivering policy
and projects that affect our world. It achieves this by: establishing a network
of like minded people and organisations; undertaking research within, and with,
BME communities; informing about all aspects of development; ensuring that BME
participation is guaranteed in all policy making; supporting membership groups;
connecting BME communities to our world. To find out more visit: <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.cfdnetwork.co.uk/">http://www.cfdnetwork.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-style:italic'>Information contained in external websites does
not necessarily reflect the views, policies or opinions of MRG and its staff.</span></font></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=5 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'>MRG Events and Advocacy<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><st1:place><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Africa</span></font></b></st1:place><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>In September MRG staff travelled to </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Somaliland</span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> to conduct meetings to assist in promoting the rights
of minorities in </span></font><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Somaliland</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>, and to </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Ethiopia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> to conduct consultations with pastoralist partners in
advance of the launch of MRG's report 'Pastoralism on the Margin'. The launch
will coincide with Kenyan Pastoralists Week. </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><st1:place><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Asia</span></font></b></st1:place><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Two skills exchange events were held with minority
participants in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Indonesia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> in September, along with consultations with partners
in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Thailand</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> and </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Malaysia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>. </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MRG's Asian partners were supported
to participate in the UN Working Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Geneva</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. In September
MRG participated in delivering a t</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>raining
workshop on improving partnerships with minorities in development cooperation
in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Vietnam</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><st1:place><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Europe</span></font></b></st1:place><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>MRG attended the OSCE Human Dimension meeting in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Warsaw</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> in which the situations of minorities in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Turkey</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> and Kosovo were amongst issues raised. Staff also
conducted a regional advocacy and rights training in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Warsaw</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> to increase regional participants knowledge of
minority rights instruments and mechanisms, and increase awareness of effective
strategies for advocacy.</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Other<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>MRG attended a UN Working Group on Minorities Regional
Seminar in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Kyrgyzstan</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> in October where staff delivered training to NGOs on
NGO participation in the WGM. Trainings on the WGM were also delivered to
regional partners in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Serbia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> and </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Montenegro</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>. MRG's Minority Rights and Development staff
co-hosted an EU Development Education workshop on<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'> </span></b>improving</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> the protection of minorities in
humanitarian action, in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Rome</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> in October.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For further
information about these and many other events and activities please contact MRG
at the address below or visit: <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/">http://www.minorityrights.org</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=5 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'>Publications<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=5 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:silver;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Pastoralism on the Margin </span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>by John Markakis<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Pastoralism
is a culture, an ancient mode of livestock production and a way of life, which
makes extensive use of grazing in the lowlands of eastern </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Africa</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and the
Horn. However, this culture has reached a critical point in its history. A
process that began under colonialism - the dispossession of land and the
promotion of agriculture - has been continued and accelerated by independent
African states in the region. Pastoralism on the Margin is published in
December 2004 and will be available to download free of charge from MRG's
website at the address below from 26 December.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/OnlineReports/OnlineReport.asp?ID=40">http://www.minorityrights.org/OnlineReports/OnlineReport.asp?ID=40</a><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'>For further information about the events above and details of many
additional MRG programmes and advocacy activities, please visit MRG's website
or contact us directly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MRG welcomes
your comments on this e-bulletin and our work in general, and greatly values
your opinions and information. We hope that you will find this e-bulletin
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Minority Rights Group International
(MRG) is a non-governmental organization working to secure the rights of
ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide,
and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MRG is a
registered charity no. 282305, and has consultative status with the United
Nations Economic and Social Council and observer status with the African
Commission for Human and Peoples' Rights.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Contact MRG:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><st1:place><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>54 Commercial
Street, </span></font></b><st1:City><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>London</span></font></b></st1:City><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>, </span></font></b><st1:PostalCode><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>E1 6LT</span></font></b></st1:PostalCode><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>, </span></font></b><st1:country-region><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>UK</span></font></b></st1:country-region></st1:place><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Tel: 020 7422 4200<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>Fax:
020 7422 4201<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>email:<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>minority.rights@mrgmail.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'><<a
href="http://www.minorityrights.org/">http://www.minorityrights.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:
none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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