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Amnesty International reports that the Chinese government has censored numerous articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Nicholas Bequelin, Regional Director at Amnesty International has criticized that "the Chinese authorities risk withholding information that could help the medical community tackle the coronavirus and help people ...
On 14 April 2021, the US Senate voted 92–6 to advance the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which would allow the US Justice Department to review hate crimes related to COVID-19, with a section of the bill (titled the Khalid Jabara-Heather Heyer NO HATE Act, originally drafted by Senator Richard Blumenthal) dedicated to providing federal grants for ...
Full map including municipalities. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is an American non-profit non-governmental organization that is part of the worldwide Amnesty International organization.. Amnesty International is an organization of more than 7 million supporters, activists and volunteers in over 150 countries, [1] with complete independence from government, corporate or national interests.
Amnesty International investigated what it called "excessive" and "unlawful" killings of teenagers by Angolan police who were enforcing restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. [92] In May 2020, the organization raised concerns about security flaws in a COVID-19 contact tracing app mandated in Qatar. [93]
On July 4, 2020, an event called The Freedom Rally was held in front of the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo to protest masks, lockdowns, the science behind COVID-19 and "liberal media." [125] In August 2021, rally organizer Caleb Wallace died of COVID-19, leaving behind three daughters and a pregnant wife. [126]
The Trump administration replaced Christi Grimm as Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services after she produced a report documenting severe shortages of medical supplies in U.S. hospitals as COVID-19 cases increased, which contradicted President Trump's claims that hospitals had what they needed. [161]
The International Monetary Fund in its latest World Economic Outlook report warned that the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was projected to be slower than previously forecast, with growth in 2020 estimated at -4.9 per cent, or nearly two percentage points below April projections, indicating a deeper recession and slower recovery.