Minority Report

The annual report by Minority Rights Group Int'l lists the Top 20 offenders of minority rights. For all the haranguing that the U.S., U.K. and other western countries receive for violating minority rights, they aren't even close to appearing on this list. The most western country on the list is Russia at #10. The Top 20:

1. Somalia
2. Iraq

3. Sudan
4. Afghanistan
5. Burma
6. DR Congo
7. Nigeria
8. Pakistan
9. Angola
10. Russia
11. Burundi
12. Uganda
13. Ethiopia
14. Sri Lanka
15. Haiti
16. Cote D'Ivoire
17. Rwanda
18. Nepal
19. Phillipines
20. Iran

Ten of the countries are African; six are Muslim; Muslim minorities are principal victims in four other countries; five are in South and Southeast Asia; one is in the G8; one is in the Western Hemisphere; none are in North America.

Hat tip to AllAfrica.