Global trends in risks and threats facing human rights defenders 2015, para. 45
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The Special Rapporteur was struck by the sophistication of the new techniques and forms of repression, especially via the media, mentioned by the defenders interviewed. According to accounts from defenders in several dozen countries, defamation campaigns in the written press or on the radio are routinely conducted by governments or radical groups in numerous countries with a view to stigmatizing defenders.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/217, para. 45.