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Africa: Covid-19 Pandemic Sparked Year of Rights Crises
HRW, 5 March 2021
Government policies and actions in the year since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic have precipitated human rights crises around the globe. The pandemic and abusive government… Read more »
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Africa: Covid Restrictions Chipping Away At Civil Liberties
DW, 4 March 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided African autocrats with the perfect set of circumstances to restrict civil liberties, rights activists say. China's growing influence on the… Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19 Triggers Wave of Free Speech Abuse
HRW, 11 February 2021
At least 83 governments worldwide have used the Covid-19 pandemic to justify violating the exercise of free speech and peaceful assembly, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities… Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19, Human Rights Record May Disrupt Commonwealth Meetings in Kigali
East African, 9 February 2021
As Rwanda prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in June, it is walking a tightrope due to the prolonged impact of the pandemic as well as increasing… Read more »
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Lesotho: Covid-19 Worsens Women Land Rights Violations in Lesotho
Lesotho Times, 8 February 2021
LOCKDOWN restrictions aimed at fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in Lesotho have had an unintended adverse negative impact of undermining women's customary land rights, a regional… Read more »