The United Nations warns that the fight against the coronavirus pandemic will be misused for anti-democratic reprisals. „The crisis can provide a pretext for coercive measures that have nothing to do with the pandemic,“ said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today.
In some societies, hate speech would increase, minorities would become the target of aggression, and the risk of excessive restrictions would increase. Refugees, migrants and displaced persons are particularly threatened.
More than 131 states have closed their borders, and only 30 would continue to accept asylum seekers. Around 2.57 million people worldwide have contracted the corona virus, and almost 180,000 have died from the infection.
