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Human rights declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, in countries from Angola to the US to New Zealand

  • Written by Stephen Bagwell, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Human rights declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, in countries from Angola to the US to New ZealandPro-democracy protesters are arrested by police in Hong Kong on May 24, 2020.Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images

Human rights activists and international leaders first warned in April 2020 that countries could use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to crack down on human rights.

Human rights refers to a wide range of political and social rights recog...

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