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• USA: Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety
  27 March, by siawi3

  As bigots blame them for the coronavirus and President Trump labels it the “Chinese virus,” many Chinese-Americans say they are terrified of what could come next. For American-born Asians, there is a sudden sense of being watched that is unsettling

• COVID threat in prison
  27 March, by siawi3

  India’s Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak in overcrowded prisons in the country and has asked different State governments to constitute a panel to decide on norms to release prisoners facing up to seven years jail term on parole.

• India: Public Statement on COVID19 Crisis released by People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) (20 March, 2020)
  27 March, by siawi3

  India has a very unequal medical delivery system. While the prosperous Indians can get as good health services in private hospitals and clinics as available anywhere in the world, vast swathes of rural India are bereft of any public health services. Areas of urban poverty are also similarly deprived.

• India Lockdown on Covid-19: Joint Letter by Trade Unions to the Prime Minister
  27 March, by siawi3

  A coalition of trade unions presents demands to the Prime Minister in view of fighting the virus and denounce violence taking place in these dire circumstances.

• USA: Pompeo Threatens ICC Family Members For Investigating US War Crimes
  27 March, by siawi3

  “Secretary Pompeo’s open threat against family members of ICC staff is an ominous move.“”Instead of pursuing the torturers, the U.S. is condemning the investigators, and even their families. No one should be exempt from accountability”.

• UK: Covid 19 – Johnson’s plan puts profits before people
  26 March, by siawi3

  The “Protect the people” campaign and other actions.

• Cuba’s Coronavirus Response Is Putting Other Countries to Shame
  26 March, by siawi3

  Cuba’s admirably humane and solidaristic approach to the coronavirus should humble those who insist on talking about the island nation as if it were some unending nightmare.

• UK: Shun Shunning: Shunning is Abuse and Torture
  25 March, by siawi3

  Shunning is akin to long-term psychological torture and a form of social death penalty.

• UK : Coronavirus : la justice britannique refuse de libérer Julian Assange
  25 mars, par siawi3

  En dépit des problèmes de santé de Julian Assange, qui incluraient notamment dans le passé des problèmes pulmonaires selon sa défense, la juge a refusé de l’assigner à résidence sous bracelet électronique. Le comité de soutien du lanceur d’alerte affirme que les personnels de la prison, où est détenu Assange, sont malades avec des symptômes de Covid-19.

• UK: Julian Assange: Judge refuses to release Wikileaks founder from prison over coronavirus outbreak
  25 March, by siawi3

  There are mounting calls for lower-risk inmates to be released from British prisons as coronavirus spreads. ‘This global pandemic does not of itself yet provide grounds for Mr Assange’s release,’ judge says

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