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World in Progress: 'A world of fear and division'

May 17, 2017

Murder, surveillance and trolling - 2016 was not a good year for human rights defenders. According to Amnesty International (AI), it was a year of unparalleled global assault, clampdowns on civil society and rampant use of surveillance. 281 people were killed for defending human rights - up from 156 the year before. DW speaks with Guadalupe Marengo, head of AI's Global Human Rights Defenders Team.

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Sarah Steffen Author and editor with a keen interest on underreported crises.