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April 23, 2020

U.N. Chief Warns Authoritarians Are Weaponizing Pandemic to Subvert Human Rights
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At the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres warned
Wednesday that authoritarian governments are exploiting the pandemic to
crack down on human rights.

Secretary-General António Guterres: "Against the background of rising
ethnonationalism, populism, authoritarianism and the pushback against
human rights in some countries, the crisis can provide a pretext to
adopt repressive measures for purposes unrelated to the pandemic."

Secretary-General Guterres has called for a global ceasefire of all
warring parties in order to focus on battling the coronavirus pandemic.


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