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A policeman covers a camera to stop journalists from recording footage outside a court, where detained citizen journalist Zhang Zhan – who reported on Wuhan’s Covid-19 outbreak – was set to go on trial, Shanghai, China, 28 December 2020, LEO RAMIREZ/AFP via Getty Images Authorities have attacked, detained, prosecuted, and in some cases killed critics, broken up peaceful protests, closed media outlets, and enacted vague laws criminalizing speech that they claim threatens public health.
This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 11 February 2021.
At least 83 governments worldwide have used the Covid-19 pandemic to justify violating the exercise of free speech and peaceful assembly, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities have attacked, detained, prosecuted, and in some cases killed critics, broken up peaceful protests, closed media outlets, and enacted vague laws criminalizing speech that they claim threatens public health. T
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Scores of Countries Target Media, Activists, Medics, Political Opponents Police block a street in Russia’s capital, Moscow, on July 15, 2020, during a protest against the results of voting on constitutional amendments. The mayor’s office had banned the protest, citing the need to prevent the spread of Covid-19. © 2020 AP Photo/Alexander Zamlianichenko
At least 83 governments worldwide have used the Covid-19 pandemic to justify violating the exercise of free speech and peaceful assembly, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities have attacked, detained, prosecuted, and in some cases killed critics, broken up peaceful protests, closed media outlets, and enacted vague laws criminalizing speech that they claim threatens public health. The victims include journalists, activists, healthcare workers, political opposition groups, and others who have criticized government responses to the coronavirus.
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Widespread Violence, Human Rights Abuses Mar Uganda’s Elections, Group Says
Widespread Violence, Human Rights Abuses Mar Uganda’s Elections, Group Says
Weeks leading to the recently concluded elections in Uganda were characterised by widespread violence and human rights abuses, a global rights group, Human Rights Watch says.
The alleged abuses included killings by security forces, arrests and beatings of opposition supporters and journalists, disruption of opposition rallies, and a shutdown of the internet. ‘’The authorities should ensure thorough investigation and prosecution of those responsible for abuses’’, the group said.
Since election campaigns began in November 2020, security forces allegedly clamped down on opposition members and journalists, violently arresting scores of people, including the presidential candidates Patrick Amuriat of the Forum for Democratic Change and Robert Kyagulanyi, of the National Unity Platform.
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