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As the number of workers taking international assignments increases, companies have more responsibility to look after their LGBTI employees who face persecution while on assignment say Jane Maley and Ruth Mc Phail. They examine how countries ranging from Russia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Brazil and Turkey are becoming some of the most challenging expatriate assignment destinations for multinational firms.

It’s not clear what the dramatic developments in Zimbabwe will mean for democracy now that Robert Mugabe has gone. There are those who want elections now, and those who say the polls should be postponed and a transitional government established. Nic Cheeseman examines the two options. And Enock Mudzamiri questions whether the military, which was behind Mugabe’s resignation, did so for the good of all Zimbabweans or for its own interests.

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In Indonesia, severe public penalties are inflicted upon people found to be in same-sex relationships. Beawiharta Beawiharta/Reuters

For LGBTI employees, working overseas can be a lonely, frustrating and even dangerous experience

Miriam Moeller, The University of Queensland; Jane Maley, Charles Sturt University; Ruth McPhail, Griffith University

LGBTI employees relocating for a foreign assignment are likely to experience additional hardships compared to the typical expatriate.

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