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How COVID-19 is Undermining the Freedom of Expression Around the World

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Mark Leon Goldberg
May 14, 2020
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David Kaye is the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression. He has held this position for the last three years, which has given him a unique vantage point--and unique platform--to monitor trends in the suppression of free speech. He recently submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council examining how governments and other entities are using the covid 19 pandemic as a pretext to clamp down on free speech.

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