Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to seize indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest and further environmental destruction.
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The new coalition government of Prime Minister Najib Razak in Malaysia is overseeing a dramatic increase in the repression of its citizens’ freedom of expression, going back on his previous promises of a more liberated country.
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The US has rarely shied away from condemning human rights abuses globally, however recent events closer to home suggest it has not been leading by example.
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A recent report by the United Nations World Food Programme indicates that the number of people facing food insecurity in the region could quadruple in 2020.
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