Quote for the Week. Damelya Aitkhozhina (Human Rights Watch): "As Russia reports record numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths, authorities seem paradoxically concerned with preventing health workers from talking about the crisis."

Quote for the Week. Damelya Aitkhozhina (Human Rights Watch): “As Russia reports record numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths, authorities seem paradoxically concerned with preventing health workers from talking about the crisis.”

Week-ending 6 November 2020

‘As Russia reports record numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths, authorities seem paradoxically concerned with preventing health workers from talking about the crisis, hospital overcrowding, and shortage of personal protective equipment.’

– Damelya Aitkhozhina, Russia Researcher at Human Rights Watch

Source: Damelya Aitkhozhina, ‘Russia Should Support Health Workers, Not Silence Them. New Fines, Instructions Send Chilling Messages,’ Human Rights Watch, 2 November 2020

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 8, 2020
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