Some EU governments undermined fundamental rights during pandemic, study finds
The report, commissioned by Greens MEPs Terry Reintke and Tineke Strik, says that a number of EU governments have “brazenly” used the pandemic as an excuse to curtail rights such as free speech, peaceful assembly and freedom of association.
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14 Dec 2020
The analysis, said to be the first of its kind, looked at the emergency measures taken by some EU Member States during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It says that some governments have used COVID-19 to “introduce or implement additional restrictions on civic freedoms.”
Detention of protesters, excessive use of force and censorship are among method used by some governments to use COVID-19 as a pretence to crack down.