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Governments Around the World Are Using COVID-19 as a Pretext to Crack Down on Human Rights
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Governments Around the World Are Using COVID-19 as a Pretext to Crack Down on Human Rights

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Mark Leon Goldberg
Apr 06, 2020
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There is a coronavirus human rights crackdown. Regimes around the world are using the pandemic as a pretext to erode civil liberties and trample human rights to further entrench themselves in power.

Philippe Bolopion, deputy director for advocacy at Human Rights Watch explains how the pandemic is impacting human rights around the world.

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