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Coronavirus digest: Germany hits new COVID infection record
Germany has exceeded 30,000 cases in 24 hours for the first time. And Amnesty International has criticized human rights violations by security forces during the world’s fight against coronavirus. DW has the latest here.
Germany has exceeded 30,000 cases for the first time
Germany hit a new record for daily infections on Thursday, on the second day of tough new restrictions.
More than 30,400 people were confirmed to have been infected with the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, according to the Robert Koch Institute. The number is slightly higher than initially reported due to delays reporting from one state.
Human rights abuses committed in 60 countries under cover of controlling pandemic
In Angola, police shot a teenage boy in the face for allegedly breaking curfew, according to the Amnesty International report
17 December 2020 • 12:01am
A man at court in Zimbabwe, who was arrested for a human rights abuses protest - rights defenders there say the government is using Covid-19 restrictions to suppress critics
Credit: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP
Law-enforcement agencies around the world have violated human rights in 60 countries under the pretext of tackling Covid-19, according to a new report from Amnesty International.
The abuses include accounts of people being shot for breaking curfew, the violent suppression of protests, arbitrary arrests, and assaults on individuals not wearing masks - in countries from Angola to Chechnya.
Coronavirus pandemic being used as pretext for rights abuses: Amnesty International
By Chad Williams
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Cape Town – Human rights organisation Amnesty International says that governments abusive policing and excessive reliance on law enforcement to implement Covid-19 response measures have violated human rights and in some instances made the health crisis worse.
In a report released on Thursday, the organisation documented cases in 60 countries where law enforcement agencies committed human rights abuses in the name of tackling the virus.
Overall there has been a sharp increase in police brutality around the word as authorities crack down on individuals who don’t follow the restrictions that have been put in place.