950 rights activists, journalists, unionists killed, disappeared in 2025 — UN

United Nations, has said that preliminary data indicates that no fewer than 950 human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists were killed or forcibly disappeared worldwide in 2025.
The figure was contained in the latest global dataset documenting attacks on rights defenders titled: “Human Rights Count.”
It was published by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR.
According to the data, one human rights defender, journalist, or trade unionist is killed or disappeared every 10 hours.
“Every 10 hours, a human rights defender, journalist or trade unionist is killed or disappeared,” the report stated, adding: “Every hour, a child dies in armed conflict. 
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