Paying the Price: A Study on Criminalization of Land and Environmental Rights Defenders in East Africa

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This paper gathers data on cases of violence and/or criminalization of land and environmental rights defenders (LERDs) in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It collects information on existing strategies and resources to address the criminalization of LERDs in East Africa, maps organizations working on the issue at the local, national, and regional levels, and aims to understand the steps leading to violence against or criminalization of human rights defenders.

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