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On 7 March 2021, during coordinated operations led by the police and military in the Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal provinces surrounding Metro Manila, five human rights defenders were among those killed and four human rights defenders were arrested. Human rights defenders Emanuel Asucion, Melvin Dasigao, Mark Lee Coros Bacasno, Chai Lemita-Evangelista and Ariel Evangelista were among those killed, whilst human rights defenders Nimfa Lanzanas, Esteban Mendoza, Eugene Eugenio and Elizabeth Camoral were arrested during the raids.

On 20 June 2022, human rights defenders and priests Joaquín César Mora Salazar and Javier Campos Morales were shot dead by gunmen, along with another person inside a church in the indigenous community of Cerocahui, Chihuahua state.

On 19 July 2023, human rights defender Obedi Karafulu was shot and killed in his house by unidentified men in Bishusha, Rutshuru territory in North Kivu, a region controlled by the M23 rebels.

On 5 and 6 of March 2022 three human rights defenders, Youseif Yagoub Ahmed, Mohamed Ibrahim Yahya and Mohamed Eldai Musa were killed in Jabal Moon, West Darfur by armed militia while they were doing an assessment on the human rights and humanitarian situation in West Darfur. The three human rights defenders were members of Darfur Human Rights Monitors network, a network of human rights monitoring groups in the five states of Darfur.

On 5 and 6 of March 2022 three human rights defenders, Youseif Yagoub Ahmed, Mohamed Ibrahim Yahya and Mohamed Eldai Musa were killed in Jabal Moon, West Darfur by armed militia while they were doing an assessment on the human rights and humanitarian situation in West Darfur. The three human rights defenders were members of Darfur Human Rights Monitors network, a network of human rights monitoring groups in the five states of Darfur.

On 17 January 2021, human rights defender Faisal Yousef Mohamed was killed in his house in El Genena city, West Darfur by unknown individuals from armed militant groups. Two of the human rights defenders brothers were murdered in the same incident.

On 25 June 2023, human rights defender and union leader Shahidul Islam was attacked by agroup of men at the Prince Jacquard Sweaters factory in Gazipur while resolving a worker paymentdispute. He died the same day from the fatal inuries sustained during the attack.

On 2 May 2023, the woman human rights defender Teresa Magueyal was shot dead by a group of unidentified armed men while riding her bike in the area of San Miguel Octopan, in the municipality of Celaya, Guanajuato.

On 20 June 2022, human rights defenders and priests Joaquín César Mora Salazar and Javier Campos Morales were shot dead by gunmen, along with another person inside a church in the indigenous community of Cerocahui, Chihuahua state.

On 8 March 2022, land rights defender and member of the grass-roots movement Abahlali baseMjondolo, Ayanda Ngila, was shot and killed by four armed men. At the time of the shooting, the human rights defender had been working on repairing an irrigation pipe in the eKhenana community garden. The gunmen fled the scene through the river. A suspect has been detained for questioning by the Cato police.