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COVID-19 security measures no excuse for excessive use of force, say UN Special Rapporteurs
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COVID-19 security measures no excuse for excessive use of force, say UN Special Rapporteurs

April 16, 2020 FoRB NGO Committee Bureau

GENEVA (17 April 2020) – UN Human rights experts* have expressed grave concern at the multiplication of accounts of police killings and other acts of violence within the context of COVID-19 emergency measures. "We are alarmed at the rise of reports of killings and other instances of excessive use of force targeting in particular people living in vulnerable situations," said the Special Rapporteurs.

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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 17 April 2020. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.

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