Health

Five deaths from COVID-19 in a United States federal prison in Louisiana were reported within the past week, which suggests more needs to be done to protect people in custody.

Expand A screenshot of an officer with five youths locked inside a dog cage after breaking curfew in Laguna province, the Philippines on March 20, 2020. © 2020 Facebook A screenshot of an officer with five youths locked inside a dog cage after breaking curfew in Laguna province, the Philippines on

Clothing hangs to dry at a makeshift migrant camp for asylum seekers in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on March 1, 2020.

Expand Inmates point from inside of La Modelo prison in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 22, 2020.

(Beirut) – Qatari authorities should ensure that migrant workers receive adequate protection during the COVID-19 pandemic, a coalition of 16 nongovernmental organizations and trade unions said in a letter on March 31, 2020 to Qatar’s prime minister and interior minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani. The groups include

Syrian refugees in a building under construction they have been using as a shelter in a city in southern Lebanon, on March 17, 2020, after Lebanon urged people to stay at home for two weeks to stem a novel coronavirus outbreak. (Beirut) – At least 21 Lebanese municipalities have introduced discriminatory

A Batek woman walks near her village in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia.

He watched me like I was a spider crossing the road.I was pushing my shopping cart toward the front of the Home Depot, aiming to stock up on hand soap and other supplies.

An officer locks a cell at a prison in Thailand, February 2017.

A woman waits outside the emergency check-in entrance at the Providence Medical Center in Portland, Ore., on March 24, 2020.

A medical officer scans a passenger for signs of fever at a bus station as a precaution against the coronavirus in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2020.