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March 4, 2021 Commentary

An Unequal Crisis

Children run past a mural that warns people about the dangers of the new coronavirus, in the Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya.
March 4, 2021 Commentary

Hit Hard by Covid, Women Demand Fairer Post-Pandemic World

Women domestic workers, many of whom lost their jobs after the coronavirus outbreak, shout slogans at a protest demanding social security from the government in Bengaluru, India, June 15, 2020.
March 4, 2021 Commentary

China’s Dangerous Game Around Covid-19 Vaccines

An employee manually inspects syringes of the SARS CoV-2 vaccine for Covid-19 in Beijing on September 24, 2020.
March 4, 2021 Commentary

Technology is Enabling Surveillance, Inequality During the Pandemic

Cinemagoers downloading the TraceTogether app on their mobile phones to check in before entering Shaw Theatres at JCube mall in Singapore, October 31, 2020.
March 4, 2021 Commentary

Covid-19 Exposed Need to Protect Older People’s Rights

Caterina Salvi, 90, waits for a visitor inside a protective inflatable plastic tunnel at the Martino Zanchi nursing home in Alzano Lombardo, northern Italy, February 24, 2021.
March 4, 2021 Commentary

Health Workers: Heroes, Yes, But They Need Our Support

Registered traveling nurse Patricia Carrete walks down a hallway during a night shift at a field hospital set up to handle a surge of COVID-19 patients, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Cranston, Rhode Island, US.
March 2, 2021 Report

United States: Pandemic Impact on People in Poverty

Current System Leaves Needs Unmet; Lasting Reforms Needed

Volunteers load food into the trunk of vehicles during a ''Let's Feed LA County'' drive-thru food distribution by the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and the office of Supervisor Hilda Solis on February 23, 2021, in La Puente, California.
February 25, 2021 Commentary

Brazil’s Chance to Save Lives

Covid-19 vaccination underway in the Umariaçu indigenous village, near Tabatinga, Amazonas, Brazil.
February 24, 2021 Dispatches

UN Should Speak Up on Covid-19 “Pandemic of Human Rights Abuses”

Governments Around the World Using Pandemic as Cover for Crackdowns

Police officers block a road in Russia’s capital
February 17, 2021 Dispatches

Congress to Probe Covid-19 Impacts on US Meatpacking Workers

Inquiry an Opportunity to Address Longstanding Labor Rights Issues in the Industry

Workers line up to enter the Tyson Foods port processing plant in Logansport, Indiana, May 7, 2020.
February 16, 2021 Dispatches

Covid-19 Forced Cremations Continue in Sri Lanka

Prime Minister Backtracks on Pledge to Revoke Anti-Muslim Policy

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February 11, 2021 Report

Covid-19 Triggers Wave of Free Speech Abuse

Scores of Countries Target Media, Activists, Medics, Political Opponents

Police officers block a road in Russia’s capital
February 11, 2021 Dispatches

Covid-19 Vaccine Producers Have Human Rights Responsibilities

Pharma Companies Should Adopt Rights-Based Approach to Help Bridge Vaccine Gap

A medical staff member administers a dose of the Pfizer-Biotech vaccine to a person over eighty years old, in the Santa Maria della Pieta hospital in Rome, Italy.
February 9, 2021 News Release

Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action on Egypt

Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue

Egyptian security forces have been involved in systematic abuses such as enforced disappearance and torture and have used abusive counterterrorism laws and measures to crush peaceful dissent. Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entranc
February 8, 2021 Dispatches

US Digital Divide Threatens Vaccine Access for Older People

Ensure Alternative Registration Methods for Covid-19 Shots

Allegheny Health Network employees run a Covid-19 vaccine clinic at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 6, 2021.

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