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States can restrict protests on health grounds, says UN


July 31, 2020

GENEVA: Governments have the right to restrict protests on public health grounds, within reason, the UN Human Rights Committee said, as Black Lives Matter and other demonstrations clash with the coronavirus outbreak around the world. The committee stepped in to formulate its legal interpretation having seen a gap in the international norms being tested before the pandemic started, since when …

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