{"id":98264,"date":"2023-11-12T17:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=98264"},"modified":"2023-11-12T17:10:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T14:10:09","slug":"nearly-2000-environmental-activists-have-been-killed-over-10-year-period-ngo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/98264-nearly-2000-environmental-activists-have-been-killed-over-10-year-period-ngo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 2,000 environmental activists have been killed over 10-year period: NGO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 1,910 environmental activists have been killed between 2012 and 2022 for their efforts to protect nature from commercial and illegal interests, with Latin America holding the highest percentage globally, an international non-governmental organization (NGO) has announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report by Global Witness has shown that Colombia was found to be the deadliest country in the world for environmental activists, with 60 deaths in total last year. 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