Kategorie: Humans

Quarantining over 20,000 migrant workers in extremely close proximity could be a recipe for disaster, unless their basic rights are respected.

New research from Amnesty International reveals that the humanitarian response to COVID-19 is rife with flaws that put tens of thousands of older Rohingya refugees in imminent danger.

As we enter an uncertain and unprecedented period of modern history, Amnesty International in the Americas brings you this blog with some of the most critical threats to human rights linked to the COVID-19 pandemic across the continent. On a constant basis (unless the context overwhelms us), our researchers and campaigners will provide analysis and examples of human rights violations from Alaska to Argentina, as well as details of current and upcoming investigations in this context of upheaval.