COVID-19 emergency: An excuse for seizing power, subverting rights?

  • hace 4 años
Manila, Apr 1 (EFE/EPA).- Military controls, exceptional measures, national emergencies, mandatory isolation and curfews are some of the common steps taken in a world besieged by the COVID-19 pandemic, a situation which is being exploited by some Southeast Asian governments to accumulate power and undermine rights.  
(Archive footage/ Editor: DHAMU S. SUBIRANA)