As the UN moves to recognise the right to a healthy environment, our community is spotting signals of the right to defend it coming under threat. Already in 2018, 66 environmental activists have been killed. In Cambodia, a sentence was upheld against anti sand-dredging campaigners, while in China a man was sentenced to prison after reporting illegal pollution. Elsewhere, a pact binds 24 Latin American countries to protect defenders of the environment. How far will the UN's protection reach?
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