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Impact of COVID-19 containment measures on human rights and civil liberties in the MENA region Global Voices, April 8 https://globalvoices.org/2020/04/08/impact-of-covid-19-containment-measures-on-human-rights-and-civil-liberties-in-the-middle-east/ Tracking the Global Response to COVID-19 https://privacyinternational.org/examples/tracking-global-response-covid-19 On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 12:18 PM Richard Fidler via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > > With governments around the world adopting extraordinary measures amid the > pandemic, ostensibly to protect their citizens - but often in directions that > have little or nothing to do with public health - one of the most potent > legacies of this era may prove to be a global erosion of democratic freedoms. > > The power grabs have been dubbed "coronavirus coups" in some countries, and > three months into the crisis, with no end in sight, there are concerns that > leaders such as Hungary's Viktor Orban are capitalizing on COVID-19 to seize > powers they may never relinquish. > > https://tinyurl.com/rqrpmeh > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
