Panel: COVID-19 fueled human rights abuses in Asia


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1/5 Rayhan Asat, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and Maiko Ichihara, professor at Hitotsubashi University, participate in the Human Rights across Asia: Dilemmas and Solutions panel during the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity in Seogwipo City, Jeju, South Korea, on Wednesday. Photo by Darryl Coote/UPI JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, May 31 (UPI) -- The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent response from governments to quell the spread of the virus fueled human rights abuses across Asia, a panel of experts said Wednesday, with grave abuses committed by China against its Uyghur minority population and North Korea against its citizens....