Human Rights Watch Article Rating

Eswatini: Respect Rights While Policing Protests

Jul 01, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -24% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    14% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    20% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Eswatini authorities should ensure that security forces deployed in the wake of protests respect citizens' rights and observe international standards of law enforcement, Human Rights Watch said today.
51% : The United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials stipulate that law enforcement officials, in carrying out their duty, shall, as far as possible, "apply non-violent means before resorting to the use of force and firearms.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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