Restricting media in Covid-19 is life threatening for communities
(World News Austria)

As journalists around the world work to report the crucial information their communities need to navigate the Covid-19 crisis, they face many hurdles. These include restrictive laws and having to combat disinformation. The coronavirus outbreak spread a human rights crisis across borders; the Jordanian government activated the draconian Defense Law, the Philippines` Duterte administration passed an anti-terror law, India introduced one of the world`s strictest lockdowns and the Zimbabwean government has been criticized for the pandemic to curtail basic rights, including media freedom....