PARIS, July 24, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – More than 200 environmental activists
were murdered last year as government-sponsored killings linked to lucrative
projects by vast agriculture multinationals soared, a rights group warned on
Tuesday.
Global Witness said it had documented 207 cases where activists were
killed while trying to protect land from development, often for production of
consumer staples such as coffee and palm oil, making 2017 the deadliest year
on record for environmentalists.