Record number of environmental activists killed last year, says watchdog

At least 200 land and environmental activists were killed in 2016 protecting forests, rivers and land from mining, logging and agricultural companies - the highest annual number on record, a watchdog said.

India had a threefold increase in such killings but Latin America remained the deadliest region with some 60% of the world's deaths of activists protecting local resources, London-based Global Witness said in a report.