/newsroom/taxonomy/term/13540/all en /newsroom/emily-sprowls Fri, 23 Dec 2022 02:41:43 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288595 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/environmental-activists-high-risk-violence-and-assassination-322997 <p>Activists protesting against environmental injustices around the world suffer from high rates of criminalization, physical violence and murder, according to a study published this week in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102104"><i>Global Environmental Change</i></a>. Indeed, despite the fact that they primarily use nonviolent forms of protest, activists are victims of violence in 18% of environmental conflicts, and of murder in 13% of these conflicts. When Indigenous Peoples are involved, violence is especially frequent.</p> Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:00:29 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 218961 at /newsroom