North African nations, especially Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco, have been heavily affected by COVID-19 if compared to other African countries. Governments in North Africa took proactive legal measures to manage the virus threat, safeguarding population health, but also triggering repressive and invasive mechanisms that in some cases jeopardized basic freedoms and rights. This work will analyze comparatively the anti-COVID-19 legislations, pointing out how the legislative measures mirrored the level of transition of democracy, the opacity of some regimes, exploitation of the pandemic to foster repressive control, and highlighting the weakness of new democratic institutions unprepared to balance health security and democracy.

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北非的 COVID-19 疫情：法律分析

与其他非洲国家相比，北非国家，尤其是埃及、阿尔及利亚和摩洛哥，受到了 COVID-19 的严重影响。北非各国政府采取了积极主动的法律措施来管理病毒威胁，保护人口健康，但也触发了在某些情况下危及基本自由和权利的压制性和侵入性机制。这项工作将比较分析反 COVID-19 的立法，指出立法措施如何反映民主过渡的程度、某些政权的不透明性、利用大流行病来促进镇压控制，并突出新民主制度的弱点没有准备好平衡健康安全和民主。