Human rights watchdog: PN govt used pandemic to suppress freedoms

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Once again, an international report has highlighted the decline in human rights in Malaysia and it doesn't stop short of claiming that the Perikatan Nasional government has used the Covid-19 pandemic to impinge on freedoms.New Zealand-based Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) published the 'Human Rights during the Pandemic' report a few weeks ago, reviewing the state of human rights in 39 countries by analysing government responses to Covid-19 in 2020.While most countries saw a decline in overall rights in 2020 compared to the previous year, Malaysia ranked on the lower end of the spectrum for almost all of the rights measured - namely in empowerment rights and economic and social rights.HRMI Strategy and Communication head Thalia Kehoe Rowden told Malaysiakini that the team was struck by a dramatic drop in scores in both Malaysia and Hong Kong for empowerme…