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May 28, 2020 Report

Kenya: Quarantine Conditions Undermine Rights

Ensure Access to Health Care, Sanitation, Information

Kenyans make their way home before the daily dusk-to-dawn curfew in Nairobi, Kenya, April 6, 2020.
May 28, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Hundreds Jailed for Covid-19 Violations

Prison Time for Breaking Curfew, Quarantine Is Excessive and Unsafe

Pastor David Lah leaves court after an appearance on charges filed against him for holding religious services in April, Yangon, Myanmar, May 20, 2020.
May 27, 2020 Report

UK: Children in England Going Hungry with Schools Shut

Uneven UK Approach for Covid-19 Doesn’t Guarantee Children’s Right to Food

A teacher collects food bags from a local food bank set up in Northampton, United Kingdom to distribute to children at her school during closures to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, April 2020.
May 27, 2020 News Release

Thailand: State of Emergency Extension Unjustified

Stop Using Covid-19 Measures as Pretext to Violate Rights

Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-Ocha delivers a televised speech in Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2020. 
May 27, 2020 News Release

Covid-19 Prisoner Releases Too Few, Too Slow

Known releases approximately 5% of global prison population

Inmates sitting in an overcrowded jail in Manila, Philippines, February 2019.
May 27, 2020 Dispatches

Greece Migrant Camps Unfit for Pregnant People

Rights Court’s Instructions Show Urgent Need for Better Health Care, Conditions

A child plays in a temporary tent camp near the camp for migrants in Moria, Lesbos which is overcrowded and lacks adequate hygiene facilities and sanitation, putting migrants, including pregnant people, at particular risk amid Covid-19
May 26, 2020 Report

Venezuela: Urgent Aid Needed to Combat Covid-19

Water Shortages in Hospitals Heighten Risk in Country, Region

Venezuela Health Crisis
May 26, 2020 News Release

WHO Should Intervene to End Internet Shutdowns amid Pandemic

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan Should Allow Free Flow of Information

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May 26, 2020 Commentary

India Cannot Expect to Beat Covid-19 Without Tackling Hate and Corruption

Migrant workers board a truck to return to their villages during a nationwide lockdown, Hyderabad, India, May 12, 2020.
May 25, 2020 Dispatches

Police Beat and Injure Ecuador’s Covid-19 Protesters

Authorities should investigate and bring those responsible to justice

People transporting the remains of deceased loved ones wait in a slow moving line outside Jardines de la Esperanza Cemetery to hold burials in Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 6, 2020.
May 22, 2020 News Release

Malta: Disembark Rescued People

End Arbitrary Detention on Tourist Ferry Boats

The Europa II, a tourist ferry sets sail from Marsamxett Harbour, Valletta, Malta.
May 22, 2020 Interview

Can Covid-19 Help Ease the Climate Crisis?

The Global Pandemic Offers Chance to Embrace Clean Energy

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May 22, 2020 News Release

Yemen: Displaced at Heightened Covid-19 Risk

Over 500,000 Vulnerable in Renewed Fighting in North

A displaced family in their tent in al-Sowida camp for internally displaced people in Marib governorate, north Yemen, February 2020.
May 21, 2020 Commentary

How to Prevent Covid-19 Outbreaks in Latin America’s Prisons

Esta foto, publicada el sábado 25 de abril de 2020 por la oficina de prensa de la presidencia de El Salvador, muestra a reclusos durante una operación de seguridad llevada adelante por la policía en la prision de Izalco en San Salvador, El Salvador.
May 21, 2020 News Release

Russia: Intrusive Tracking App Wrongly Fines Muscovites

Many Fined Despite Staying Home

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