May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020
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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
![202005asia_bangladesh_rohingya](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005asia_bangladesh_rohingya.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=3U0oYIfC)
May 5, 2020
US: State Department Should Affirm Rights for All
Unalienable Rights Panel Shouldn’t Rewrite International Law
![US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, unveils the creation of Commission on "Unalienable" Rights, headed by Mary Ann Glendon, left, a Harvard Law School professor and a former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, during an announcement at the US State Dep](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001us_cur_pompeo.jpg?itok=B8yTS2u2)
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
Dozens Killed, Injured in Venezuela Prison Uprising
Government Failure to Address Chronically Dire Prison Conditions
![Prisoners stand on the roof of the "Reten de Cabimas" detention center to demand prison guards let their families, below, enter with food on visitor day in Cabimas, Venezuela, November 17, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005americas_venezuela_prison_0.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=YS3WTM3W)
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)