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    This document is a special report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) that details the killings of human rights defenders, journalists, and media workers in Afghanistan between 2018 and 2021. It finds that a total of 65 people were killed, including 32 human rights defenders and 33 journalists and media workers. The majority of killings involved shootings or bomb explosions. The start of peace negotiations in Afghanistan appears to have had a chilling impact on civil society. UNAMA issues recommendations to various parties to strengthen protections for these groups.

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    SPECIAL REPORT: KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA WORKERS IN AFGHANISTAN 2018-2021

    SPECIAL REPORT: KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS,


    JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA WORKERS
    IN AFGHANISTAN
    2018-2021

    UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN


    February 2021
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    SPECIAL REPORT: KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA WORKERS IN AFGHANISTAN 2018-2021

    Cover photo: UNAMA/Freshta Dunia.

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    FOREWORD

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    UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of


    Impunity

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

    2 Women
    33 Killed 31 Men
    PRESS Journalists and Media Workers
    1 January 2018 to 31 January 2021
    2 Women
    32 Killed 30 Men
    Human Rights Defenders
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    Annual Comparison by Type of Victims


    1 January 2018 to 31 January 2021
    35 30
    30
    25
    23
    20 17
    9
    15 10
    10
    13 6 14
    5 2
    0
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    2018 2019 2020 January 2021
    Human Rights Defenders Journalists and Media Workers

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    Human Rights Defenders, Journalists and Media Workers Killed by Incident Type
    1 January 2018 - 31 January 2021
    14 12
    12
    10 9
    8
    8 7 2
    10 1 6
    6 1
    4 4 4
    4 6 3 3 3 4
    2 1 7 2
    2 4 4 1 2 1 1
    2 3 2 2 2 2 2
    0 1 1 1
    Jan-Mar

    Oct-Dec

    Jan-Mar

    Oct-Dec

    Jan-Mar

    Oct-Dec
    Jul-Sep

    Jul-Sep

    Jul-Sep

    Jan
    Apr-Jun

    Apr-Jun

    Apr-Jun

    2018 2019 2020 2021

    Shooting Explosion Other

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    THE START OF THE AFGHANISTAN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

    CHILLING IMPACT ON CIVIL SOCIETY

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    RECOMMENDATIONS

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    INTRODUCTION

    5 https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26166&LangID=E

    6 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=384538019532277
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    MANDATE AND METHODOLOGY

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    https://unama.unmissions.org/protection-of-civilians-reports

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    A VERY DANGEROUS PROFESSION

    Geographical Distribution of Killings by Province


    1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019
    Other; 3
    Takhar; 2
    Khost; 2
    Ghazni; 2 Nangarhar; 14

    Kandahar; 4

    Kabul; 13

    PRESS 17 Killed
    Journalists and Media Workers 13 Killed
    Human Rights Defenders

    1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018

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    HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS


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    JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA WORKERS


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    PRESS 6Journalists
    Killed and Media Workers
    Human Rights Defenders

    4 Killed
    1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019

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    HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS


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    JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA WORKERS


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    Increasingly in the line of fire

    Geographical Distribution of Killings by Province


    1 January 2020 to 31 January 2021
    Other; 4

    Paktya; 2 Kabul; 8

    Nangarhar; 2
    Ghazni; 3
    Logar; 2
    Helmand; 2
    Ghor; 2

    PRESS 4Journalists
    Killed and Media Workers 10 Killed
    Human Rights Defenders

    1 January 2020 to 11 September 2020

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    HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS


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    JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA WORKERS


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    Dreaming of peace

    6 Killed
    PRESS Journalists and Media Workers
    Human Rights Defenders

    5 Killed
    12 September 2020 to 31 January 2021

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    HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS


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    JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA WORKERS


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    ANNEX I: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS

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    https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Executions/Pages/RevisionoftheUNManualPreventionExtraLegalArbitrary.aspx
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    16 https://unama.unmissions.org/protection-of-civilians-reports

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    17 https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SRHRDefenders/Pages/Resolutions.aspx
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    ANNEX II: NATIONAL FRAMEWORK

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    19 For details, see https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=1&Lang=EN (last accessed 14 February 2021).

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    ANNEX III: GLOSSARY

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