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Lima, Feb 25 (EFE).- (Camera: Mikhail Huacán/File) Defending human rights in Peru and participating in protests have claimed the lives of 220 people, while almost a thousand have been criminalized, according to a report published this Thursday by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS).FOOTAGE OF PROTESTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN PERU
At least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia's Amhara region, the United Nations says. Tension in the northern region ratcheted up this year after the end of a devastating war in the neighbouring region of Tigray that also drew in fighters from Amhara. SOUNDBITE
Co-chair of Russian Memorial rights group, Oleg Orlov, appears at a Moscow court on charges of repeatedly discrediting the army, which could see him jailed for up to five years. IMAGES
More than 600 people were killed last month in violence in the capital of Haiti, which is in the grip of a political-economic crisis, the United Nations says. "In the month of April alone, more than 600 people were killed in a new wave of extreme violence that hit several districts across the capital," says the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. IMAGES
The White House condemns a "dramatic deterioration" of human rights in Nicaragua following the arrest there of a Catholic bishop and critic of the government. "There has been a dramatic deterioration of respect for democratic principles and human rights by the regime in Nicaragua, including the imprisonment of democratic leaders, members of the political opposition, students and journalists," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
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