Access the dataset here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

Read the ungated preprint where Kiara Joyce and I discuss how the data set was created and do some initial analysis of the data, at: discover.wooster.edu/mkrain/files...

Read the article, "The Human Rights Defenders Targeted Killings (HRD-TK) Dataset" at the Journal of Human Rights here: www-tandfonline-com.wooster.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....

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Opinion | As the world ignores Sudan’s suffering, America has tools to end it The 750,000 civilians trapped in el-Fasher are slowly starving.

As the world ignores Sudan’s suffering, America has tools to end it

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Why political violence is on the rise in the United States and where it might lead | USAPP Hostile rhetoric from political elites is combining with the growth of political influencers and often violent associates and feeding a self-reinforcing cycle of political polarization and political v...

Very interesting piece on political violence by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social and co-authors, though I think they could have also mentioned Spain in the 1930s, as there are many parallels with what's happening today in the US, unfortunately.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Engraved bullet casings have become shooters’ manifestos Experts in political violence say that such engravings are a way for shooters to ensure the rationale for their attacks are publicized even if their manifestos are suppressed.

@victorasal.bsky.social and I both quoted in this @washingtonpost.com piece: wapo.st/48y9NHq

Submit Information to an Annual Report The Special Rapporteur submits two thematic reports each year on the situation of human rights defenders. HRDs, civil society, States, businesses, intergovernmental organisations and others are invite...

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Call for input – Raising their voices: Human Rights Defenders respond to the human rights crisis [Deadline: 30 September 2025]. Purpose: To inform the Special Rapporteur’s report to the 61st session of the Human Rights Council.

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For Election Workers, Fentanyl-Laced Letters Signal a Challenging Year As overheated rhetoric and threats rise, people are leaving election jobs in record numbers.

Powder-filled envelopes — including some that appear to have been laced with fentanyl — were mailed to election offices in five states. They're a sign of what some officials say is a rise in threats to the safety of election workers as 2024 approaches.

New paper out at PRQ, with co-authors Amanda Murdie and Abigail Beard: "Silencing Human Rights Defenders Once and for All? Determinants of Human Rights Defenders’ Killings" t.co/NVAReA5AUc

Defenders face lethal risks in democs w/ low capacity. Their safety is central to human rights improvement.