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News Eritrea 14 April 2021 Ethiopia: Three killed, 19 injured in Tigray as Eritrean troops open fire on civilians
News Russian Federation 14 April 2021 Russia: Police searches at student magazine are a new low for press freedom
News Africa 14 April 2021 Nigeria: Seven years since Chibok, the government fails to protect children
News Middle East and North Africa 9 April 2021 Updated: 12 April 2021 Bahraini authorities flouting prisoners’ rights to health amid rise in COVID-19 cases at Jaw prison
News Russian Federation 9 April 2021 Russia: Feminist activist Yulia Tsvetkova’s absurd ‘pornography’ trial starts
News Iran 9 April 2020 Updated: 9 April 2021 Iran: Prisoners killed by security forces during COVID-19 pandemic protests
News Asia and The Pacific 8 April 2021 Viet Nam: Prominent human rights defender Nguyen Thuy Hanh arrested and charged
News Americas 7 April 2021 Americas: Pandemic deepens decades of inequality, neglect and abuse in region worst hit by COVID-19
News 7 April 2021 COVID-19 hits those shackled by oppression hardest thanks to decades of inequalities, neglect and abuse
News Africa 7 April 2021 Sub-Saharan Africa: The devastating impact of conflicts compounded by COVID-19
News Middle East and North Africa 7 April 2021 MENA: COVID-19 amplified inequalities and was used to further ramp up repression