Spike in murder rate of human rights defenders
Front Line Defenders has documented a more than doubling of killings in just four years and warns the figures — almost 900 in that period — are an under-representation of the true toll.
Among the six most dangerous countries are Mexico, Honduras. and Guatemala — all countries from which families have fled only to become stuck in US border detention camps at the centre of the current controversy over the mistreatment of migrant children.
