Unhealthy Silence: Development banks’ inaction on retaliation during COVID-19 Coalition for Human Rights in Development, ARTICLE 19, IFEX, July 2021 This report was written by Dalile Antúnez, Collaborative Researcher at the Coalition for Human Rights in Development and it is a joint publication of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, ARTICLE 19 and IFEX. We additionally acknowledge the valuable insights and assistance of Eileen Taylor, intern at the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, Front Line Defenders, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and the various participants of the Defenders in Development Campaign. The views expressed herein, and any errors or omissions, are solely the authors’. This report is an initiative of the Defenders in Development Campaign, which engages in capacity building and collective action to ensure that communities and marginalized groups have the information, resources, protection and power to shape, participate in, or oppose development activities, and to hold development financiers, governments and companies accountable. More information: rightsindevelopment.org/unhealthy-silence
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