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May 29, 2020 Commentary

Pandemic Adds New Threat for Rohingyas in Myanmar

Burmese Authorities Are Using Covid-19 Response Measures as a Pretext to Harass and Extort Rohingyas

Rohingya refugees stand at the Kutupalong refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, April 1, 2020.
May 29, 2020 Dispatches

Germany to Protect Meatpacking Workers Better

US Should Emulate Germany’s Workers-First Response

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May 28, 2020 Dispatches

New Zika Cases in Brazil Overshadowed by Covid-19

579 Cases in 3 Months Show Need for Reproductive Rights, Sanitation

Raquel, 25, holds her daughter Heloisa in Areia, Paraíba state, Brazil. Raquel gave birth to twin daughters with Zika syndrome in April 2016. “I want to give my best to my daughters,” she said in an interview with Human Rights Watch.
May 28, 2020 Dispatches

Ai Weiwei’s Mass Activism Partnership with Human Rights Watch

Covid-19 Art Project to Benefit Humanitarian Action

Masks imprinted with artwork by Ai Wei Wei, including symbols of free speech, surveillance, persecution, mass obedience, and defiance. These and others are for sale on eBay for Charity.
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

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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.

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