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50 Rights Defenders: 65 percent faced obstacles at work

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At least 65 percent of the 50 grassroots human rights defenders, covered by a survey, faced obstructions in their work from the state and ruling party.

One in five had been harassed by law enforcement agencies, according to the report by the Centre for Governance Studies, which surveyed the rights defenders from 36 districts.

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