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New Superman

China’s new personality cult and enhanced authoritarianism

Development finance

Raise the bar

Civil-society organisations blame international financial institutions for neglecting human rights abuses

Human rights

Threats to Ugandan activists

Human-rights groups in Uganda are threatened, and so are journalists who write about human-rights violations

Ethnic minorities

The world’s most persecuted people

Myanmar does not recognise Rohingya as citizens, as NGO expert elaborates in our interview

Tourism

People-friendly and environmentally acceptable

Where to get information about sustainable tourism and certificates

Potential of tourism

Sustainable and ­development-friendly

Tourism can be made sustainable if the industry respects local people and protects the environment

Sex tourism

Dubious reputation

Cambodia is seen as a heaven for paedophiles and sex tourists

Orphanage tourism

Orphanages: sites for abusive tourism

Tourists and volunteers fuel an exploitative system

Comment

Media freedom in decline

Ethiopian citizens suffer from state repression

Value chains

Due diligence

Without binding laws, the value chain of mobile phones will not become more equitable

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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.