Amnesty International slams SA for violating citizens’ rights under lockdown
South Africa’s government has come under sharp criticism on Freedom Day from international human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) for the violation of its citizens’ rights under the Covid-19 lockdown. In its 2020/2021 annual report, The State of the World’s Human Rights, the government was rebuked for, among other things, the: use of excessive force by police and the military in enforcing lockdown regulations; exclusion of refugees and asylum-seekers from […]
