Human rights watchdog: PN govt used pandemic to suppress freedoms

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...