Reporters Without Borders has condemned the many attacks on journalists by security forces during the past three days of anti-corruption protests in Iraq.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is driven largely by criminal networks that use violence and intimidation against those who try to stop them, and the government is failing to protect both the defenders and the rainforest itself, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
Over the last five years, more than 14,000 armed attacks on education took place in 34 conflict-affected countries that suffer these attacks systematically, new and updated data from the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack found.
A new Amnesty International report shows the Ecuadorian authorities are failing to prevent attacks against the environmental defenders, Amazonian Women.
People with learning disabilities are 'invisible' in crime statistics though there is widespread evidence of people being targeted in hate crime attacks, according to a new report.
Governments, UN agencies and aid organisations must unlock extra funds to help protect local humanitarian workers from death and injury when serving in conflict zones, says Christian Aid.