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Global: Activists silenced by governments during COVID-19 pandemic - new report

© Jes Aznar/Getty Images Human rights defenders continue to face arrest, experience attacks, threats and repression during pandemic Report reveals 94% of human rights defenders interviewed received little support from UK Government in response to attacks Amnesty International has revealed human rights defenders around the world are facing ongoing attacks from governments for their brave work during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report published today (10 February), ‘On the human rights frontline - How the UK Government can defend the defenders’ is based on interviews with 82 Human Rights Defenders from Colombia, Egypt, the Philippines, Russia, Libya, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan. The report calls for the UK Government to increase efforts to protect HRDs during the pandemic and beyond.

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