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responsiveness of the State to threats against human rights defenders or their work can
significantly determine the dangers they face because of their important work.2
Number of communications sent by
group
Human rights defenders
30
Protesters 9
Prisoners 5
Journalists, bloggers and
writers 7
Indigenous community 3
Minorities 3
Political activist 4
LGBT 2
Albinism 1
Individuals not belonging
to any particular group 29
17. Overall, 78 persons were addressed individually in the communications sent in this
period. This does not include the persons addressed as part of a group on which there was
no information on the identity of individual victims. 37 groups of persons were the subject
of communications in this period.
2
20
A/HRC/32/39/Add.3, p.23.
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