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By MORGAN WINSOR and KARSON YIU, ABC News (LONDON) — At least 38 protesters were killed by authorities in Myanmar on Wednesday, marking the bloodiest day since the military seized power in an apparent coup last month, according to the United Nations’ special envoy for Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener. Demonstrations have been taking place in [.]
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Killings of human rights defenders go largely unnoticed by outside world
Hundreds of human rights defenders are killed every year, many of them with impunity, according to a new UN report. Those involved in issues of environment and rights of indigenous peoples are particularly vulnerable.
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor on Thursday presents her report on the situation of human rights defenders. Hundreds of Human Rights Defenders are being killed every year, and there is little sign that this is going to stop. We also know that many of these murders are signaled in advance with threats, the Special Rapporteur told DW. Those threats can be direct or indirect, targeted at individuals or more general, according to the report. They are often intended to intimidate, silence and stop human rights defenders from carrying out their work. There is no more direct attack on civil society space than the killing of human rights defenders, the report reads