"Vulnerable peoples are living at deadly risk in a growing number of no-go zones around the world, says Minority Rights Group International (MRG) in the 2017 Peoples under Threat index and online map. This year?s index, which seeks to identify those countries around the world that are most at risk of genocide, mass killing or systematic violent repression, highlights how lack of access from the outside world allows killing to be perpetrated unchecked in disputed territories, militarized enclaves and, in some cases, whole countries. ?More and more governments are refusing access to international monitors, claiming that it is an interference in their in their internal affairs or even that they cannot guarantee monitors? safety. What exactly are they trying to hide?? says Mark Lattimer, MRG?s Executive Director..."