Chileans warn pandemic exploited to compromise women’s rights

Feminist groups say COVID-19 crisis is being used to reduce civil liberties.

The coronavirus pandemic is being used to reduce civil liberties, feminist groups in Chile and Russia, who say women’s rights are especially at risk, have warned.

The Chilean collective Las Tesis is being sued for allegedly instigating violence against the same police force that they accuse of abuses.

Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Santiago, Chile.