Rights defender killings hit record high as UN pushes to shore up humanitarian action
Preliminary data indicates that some 950 human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists were killed or forcibly disappeared worldwide in 2025, more than double the number a decade ago. These and other alarming trends are highlighted in Human Rights Count 2026, OHCHR’s latest global dataset documenting attacks on defenders, civilian deaths in conflicts, patterns of discrimination worldwide […]
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