Amnesty International UK “Human Rights Defenders: The six most dangerous kinds of activism”

It’s shocking that in 2017 hundreds of activists across the world have been killed simply for peacefully standing up for human rights, as revealed in our new report.

We estimate that 3,500 people have been murdered for their human rights work and activism over the last 20 years – that’s an average of 175 each year.

This is still happening to this day, in fact, it’s getting even worse. 145 killings were recorded in 2014, almost doubling to 281 in 2015, according to research by the NGO Frontline Defenders.

These human rights defenders are targeted because they’re a threat to the powerful, whether that be governments or corporations.

You could be more at risk depending on who you are or what you’re fighting for.

The full article, which also presents the six most dangerous areas of human rights protection, see at  https://www.amnesty.org.uk/most-dangerous-activism.