UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré (file photo)

Governments Must Not Use COVID-19 for Arbitrary Detention: UN Experts

May 8, 2020May 12, 2020 RMN News COVID-19, Human Rights, UN

A group of independent UN experts recalled today (May 8) that “the prohibition of arbitrary detention is absolute even during

WFP food distribution in Kaya, Burkina Faso, 30 March 2020. Photo: WFP / Mahamady Ouedraogo

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UN Issues $6.7 Billion Appeal to Tackle Covid Pandemic

May 8, 2020May 11, 2020 RMN News Covid, Pandemic, UN

The United Nations humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, has called for swift and determined action to avoid the most destabilizing effects

Relatives mourn at the site of a mass burial at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. The cemetery is carrying out burials in common graves due to the large number of deaths from COVID-19 disease, according to a cemetery official. Photo: Edmar Barros / AP

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Dictator Jair Bolsonaro Accused of Covid-19 Genocide in Brazil

May 6, 2020May 7, 2020 RMN News Brazil, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dictator, Donald Trump, Genocide, Jair Bolsonaro, Narendra Modi

In order to hide their own failures, these dictators – Bolsonaro, Modi, and Trump – are accusing others of spreading

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: WHO

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WHO and European Investment Bank Partnership to Combat COVID-19

May 5, 2020May 7, 2020 RMN News Bank, COVID-19, Investment, WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) will boost cooperation to strengthen public health, supply of

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India Using COVID-19 Pandemic to Violate Human Rights: Amnesty

May 4, 2020May 6, 2020 RMN News Amnesty, CAA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Delhi Riots, Sedition

The Government of India’s ongoing crackdown on dissent and free speech is leading to the arrest of journalists, activists, lawyers,

A health worker sanitizes her hands before putting on a mask. Photo: WHO (Representational Image)

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Remdesivir May Accelerate Recovery from COVID-19

May 1, 2020May 4, 2020 RMN News Coronavirus, COVID-19, Remdesivir

Hospitalized patients with advanced COVID-19 (coronavirus) and lung involvement who received remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo,