2021

Xi Jinping’s war on popular culture

Why is the Chinese government cracking down on entertainment and tech industries?

India: victory for the farmers

Protesters hand hardman Modi rare defeat

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Hungary’s politics of homophobia

The politicisation of prejudice is a growing European problem

Turkey: refugees targeted in surge of xenophobia

Politicians are ramping up hostility towards Syrian refugees

What hope for a more democratic United Nations?

New report suggests some potential for change, but fails to go far enough

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Nicaragua: the king is naked and everybody knows

Ortega claims victory while most Nicaraguans stay away from the polls

Switzerland: anti-rights challenge overcome – with rainbow colours

64 per cent of Swiss voters say ‘yes’ to same-sex marriage

No safe haven: migrants face restrictions across the Americas

Plight of Haitian migrants and refugees points to wider continental issue

Amazon workers strike back

Staff demand labour rights amid pandemic boom

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Making waves: global struggle for racial justice keeps pushing

Asian Lives Matter protests demand an end to hatred