Rights and freedom – welcome to our series

We'll be reporting on human rights worldwide, elevating the voices of those working on the frontline to protect rights and freedom

A year on from the start of the world's biggest health crisis, we now face a human rights pandemic.

Covid-19 has exposed the inequalities and fragilities of health and political systems and allowed authoritarian regimes to impose drastic curbs on rights and freedoms, using the virus as a pretext for restricting free speech and stifling dissent.