The Minority Rights Group is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) who works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities.
In MRG's released publication, State of the World's Minorities 2007, Somalia is listed a the top of countries where minorities are most under threat.
Download the 152 page publication (PDF) here.
Top 20 Minorities under threat according to the Minority Rights Group International:
(Source: State of the World's Minorities 2007, pg. 11)
1. Somalia: Darood, Hawiye, Issaq and other clans; Bantu and other groups
2. Iraq: Shia, Sunnis, Kurds, Turkomans, Christians; smaller minorities
3. Sudan: Fur, Zaghawa, Massalit and others in Darfur; Dinka, Nuer and others in the South; Nuba, Beja
4. Afghanistan: Hazara, Pashtun, Tajiks, Uzbeks
5. Burma/Myanmar: Kachin, Karenni, Karen, Mons, Rohingyas, Shan, Chin (Zomis), Wa
6. Dem. Rep. of the Congo: Hema and Lendu, Hunde, Hutu, Luba, Lunda, Tutsi/Banyamulenge, Twa/Mbuti
7. Nigeria: Ibo, Ijaw, Ogoni, Yoruba, Hausa (Muslims) and Christians in the North
8. Pakistan: Ahmadiyya, Baluchis, Hindus, Mohhajirs, Pashtun, Sindhis
9. Angola: Bakongo, Cabindans, Ovimbundu
10. Russian Federation: Chechens, Ingush, Lezgins, indigenous northern peoples, Roma
11. Burundi: Hutu, Tutsi, Twa
12. Uganda: Acholi, Karamojong
13. Ethiopia: Anuak, Afars, Oromo, Somalis
14. Sri Lanka: Tamils, Muslims
15. Haiti: Political/social targets
16. Cote d'Ivoire: Northern Mande (Dioula), Senoufo, Bete, newly settled groups
17. Rwanda: Hutu, Tutsi, Twa
18. Nepal: Political/social targets, Dalits
19. Philippines: Indigenous peoples, Moros (Muslims)
20. Iran: Arabs, Azeris, Bahais, Baluchis, Kurds, Turkomans
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