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Government as a family affair: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (left) greeting President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (right) with another brother, Chamal Rajapaksa (who now is serving as irrigation minister) looks on during an official ceremony in August 2020.

Online media

How Sri Lanka keeps the press muzzled

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by Arjuna Ranawana
Margaret, age 94, seen here at a wedding celebration, must defend herself against accusations of witchcraft.

Summer Special

Witch-hunting, then and now

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by Aviva Freudmann
Eviction of a Sinti community from an industrial site in Rome in 2019.

EU

Equality, inclusion and ­participation for Roma and Sinti

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
At a memorial service in Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland, a Roma flag is displayed in memory of the Roma and Sinti murdered by the German Nazi regime in the Second World War.

Sinti and Roma

Sinti and Roma demand equality and participation

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Covid-19 has hit indigenous communities especially hard.

Prejudice

Mexico’s racial divide

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by Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Discrimination

Indonesia’s history of othering

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Shoppers in Jakarta’s Chinatown in February: Covid-19 has slowed down business.

Discrimination

Indonesia’s ethnic resentments

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Police officer taking a knee with Californian anti-racism activists.

Our view

Decoupling prosperity from skin colour

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by Katja Dombrowski
A social-media troll army has helped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro cling to power.

Cyber warfare

Strong clout in digital space

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by Rishikesh Thapa
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