1.0 link 210463 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/un-warns-of-rising-intimi_b_210463.html The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed grave concern over "a recent wave of death threats against human rights workers and social activists, including displaced leaders working to defend their communities' rights." See, UNHCR Statement. According to the UNHCR, these recent threats, made by a new armed group against both civil and human rights organizations "come amid a climate of rising intimidation, originating from various armed groups, in recent months. Indigenous communities, social leaders and representatives of...

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