New report and essays document how the pandemic has resulted in a year of crises;  security forces in Myanmar kill 38 protesters in 1 day; democracy is under siege & authoritarians are expanding their power; Hungary's rule-of-law backslide; greater progress needed on women's rights in the UAE; and listen to our new podcast #PowerOfTheStreets! 

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A new Human Rights Watch report and eight essays published today document how the Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare systemic frailties in the protection of basic rights and spurred a cascade of human rights abuses.  

Myanmar’s security forces now seem intent on breaking the back of the anti-coup movement through wanton violence and sheer brutality. On Wednesday, security forces killed 38 protesters, and wounded hundreds.

 

 Democracy is under siege in many parts of the world, according to a new Freedom House report.

One example is Hungary, where the rule-of-law backslide has been ongoing for a decade now.

There's news from the struggle for women's rights in the United Arab Emirates.

And have you already listened to part I of HRW's new podcast Power Of The Streets?