UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns about ‘rising ethno-nationalism, populism, authoritarianism and a pushback against human rights’ in many nations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. ‘The crisis can provide a pretext to adopt repressive measures for purposes unrelated to the pandemic,’ he added. The UN chief's remark comes as governments around the world carry out extraordinary measures to deal with the pandemic and as activists have denounced state violence, threats to press freedom, arrests and smartphone surveillance, as many of the alleged abuses regimes have implemented to fight COVID-19.
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