Development and
Cooperation

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Relevant reading

Protecting and promoting minorities

Relevant reading: how to protect minorities

Sexual minorities

Look through “LGBT glasses”

German development agencies could do more in support of sexual minorities

Refugees

Living in anguish

Uganda treats refugees well, but their situation is often desperate nonetheless

Comment

Thai-style democracy

Almost a year after the putsch in Thailand, the military clings to power

Faith-based discrimination

Myth of the Muslim monolith

How a radical minority came to define Pakistan’s Muslim identity

Comment

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

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