Argentina: Abusive Covid-19 Measures in Northern Province

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image People held in mandatory quarantine at School N°18, which served as a quarantine center, in the city of Formosa, on January 21, 2021. © 2021 Leo Fernández. (Washington, DC) – Authorities in Argentina’s northern province of Formosa have employed often abusive and unsanitary measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, Human Rights Watch and the Johns Hopkins University’s centers for Public Health and Human Rights and for Humanitarian Health said today. Provincial authorities have also limited journalists’ ability to cover the situation in Formosa, allegedly used excessive…

Read complete article

~	Gaza protests: UN rights chief flags ‘disproportionate’ police action on US campuses

~	The Law against Fascism that perpetuates authoritarianism in Venezuela

~	Scotland’s government fell apart in a week – here’s what happened

~	South West Bank: Venice Biennale exhibition explores how Palestinians have become ‘foreigners everywhere’

~	Time for Scotland to follow the rest of the UK and punish violent partners who cause pregnancy loss

~	Togo has adopted major constitutional changes to give parliament more power: how it will work

~	Business and management graduates can become climate change and sustainability champions – lessons from Uganda and Tanzania on how universities can support this

~	Why diversity in nature could be the key to mental wellbeing

~	Too many journalists and aid workers are being killed in Gaza despite rules that should keep them safe

~	‘Britain could soon lose control of its defence industry’ – expert Q&A