Saturday, May 23, 2020

Other Covid-19 studies

Mob violence has risen around the world since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED).

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It said it had recorded more than 1,100 events of mob violence - violence by spontaneous, unarmed or crudely armed groups - in nearly 90 countries since 11 March. The organisation is running a Covid-19 disorder tracker, which aims to detail the pandemic’s impact on political violence and protest around the world.

  Guardian

The COVID-19 Disorder Tracker (CDT) provides special coverage of the pandemic’s impact on political violence and protest around the world, monitoring changes in demonstration activity, state repression, mob attacks, overall rates of armed conflict, and more.

  ACLED

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