ALJAZEERA Dec. 13, 2016
Roughly 16 land rights advocates have been killed each month from January through November.

The battle over land and resources turned bloodier in the past year with treble the number of land rights defenders killed, according to a human rights group that fears that the violence will get even worse. Tiếp tục đọc “Killings of land rights activists tripled in 2016”


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