![Tents line a sidewalk on Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, Saturday, April 18, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005global_homeless_covid.jpg?h=23c49773&itok=6vxR9fB2)
![Tents line a sidewalk on Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, Saturday, April 18, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005global_homeless_covid.jpg?h=23c49773&itok=6vxR9fB2)
May 7, 2020
Egypt: Covid-19 Cover for New Repressive Powers
Amendments Could Curb Rights in Name of ‘Public Order’
![Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gives an address at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx37t68_0.jpg?itok=Q5D6dnx8)
May 6, 2020
Ethiopia: Free Speech at Risk Amid Covid-19
New Emergency Law Raises Concerns of Further Arrests, Prosecutions
![Ethiopian men read newspapers at a cafe during a declared state of emergency in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904africa_ethiopia_media_press.jpg?itok=n0q1XO8J)
May 5, 2020
Jordan: Free Speech Threats Under Covid-19 Response
New Penalties for ‘Causing Panic’ About Pandemic
![Jordanian police personnel guard at a checkpoint during the second day of a nationwide curfew, amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan. © 2020 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005mena_jordan_curfew.jpg?h=dc751c6d&itok=R8gZZVR1)
May 5, 2020
US Southern States Ease Covid-19 Restrictions, Risking Black Lives
Governors Should Prioritize Workers’ Health and Safety
![A worker walks in to the Paris Healthcare Center in Paris, Texas, April 29, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005us_texas_coronavirus.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=VyAlH3z6)
May 5, 2020
Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugees in Risky Covid-19 Quarantine
Boat People Face Cyclones, Flooding on Bhasan Char
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May 5, 2020
Angola’s Prisons Ill-Equipped to Curb Covid-19 Spread
Release More Detainees to Reduce Overcrowding
May 5, 2020
China: Covid-19 Discrimination Against Africans
Forced Quarantines, Evictions, Refused Services in Guangzhou
May 4, 2020
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court Upholds Rights During Covid-19
State of Emergency Can’t Bar Access to Justice
![Families wearing masks wait outside their homes in the neighborhood of Cristo del Consuelo for food handouts from the local government in Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 14, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005americas_ecuador_coronavirus.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=HXEhQdAu)
May 4, 2020
Protect Kenya’s Journalists Reporting on Covid-19
Journalists Assaulted, Threatened, Harassed
![Ferry passengers flee from police firing tear gas, after new measures aimed at halting the spread of the new coronavirus instead caused a crowd to form outside the ferry in Mombasa, Kenya Friday, March 27, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202004afr_kenya_police_brutality_curfew_2.jpg?itok=B0uSNhUR)