List of assassinated human rights activists

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This is a list of murdered political dissidents and human rights activists. The list is chronological.

Intended victimsYearDateTitle at the timePlaceCountryAssassiFlag of France.svg France Executioner
Elijah Parish Lovejoy 18377 NovemberAmerican journalist, newspaper editor and abolitionist Alton, Illinois Flag of the United States.svg United States mob
Abraham Lincoln 186515 April President of the U.S. and anti-slavery activist Washington, D.C. Flag of the United States.svg United States John Wilkes Booth
John W. Stephens 187022 FebruaryAmerican state senator who assisted freed slaves Yanceyville, North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg United States Ku Klux Klan
Francisco I. Madero 191322 February President of Mexico Mexico City Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Victoriano Huerta
Song Jiaoren 191322 MarchChinese republican leader of Kuomintang Shanghai Flag of China (1912-1928).svg China Wu Shiying
Jean Jaurès 191431 JulyFrench Marxist anti-war activist Paris Flag of France.svg France Raoul Villain
John Chilembwe 19153 FebruaryMalawian philosopher and educator Shire Highlands Flag of Nyasaland (1925-1953, 1963-1964).svg Nyasaland British colonial officers
Leo Jogiches 191910 MarchGerman Marxist revolutionary Berlin Flag of Germany.svg Germany Freikorps
Karl Liebknecht 191915 JanuaryGerman revolutionary Berlin Flag of Germany.svg Germany Freikorps
Rosa Luxemburg 191915 JanuaryPolish-German revolutionary Berlin Flag of Germany.svg Germany Freikorps
Charlemagne Péralte 19191 NovemberHaitian nationalist leader Port-au-Prince Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti U.S. Marines
Emiliano Zapata 191910 AprilMexican peasant leader Chinameca Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Jesús Guajardo
Mustafa Suphi 192128 JanuaryTurkish communist leader Black Sea Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Turkish agents
Michael Collins 192222 AugustIrish independence leader Béal na Bláth Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Irish Civil War
Giacomo Matteotti 192410 JuneItalian anti-fascist Rome Flag of Italy.svg Italy Blackshirts
Avni Rustemi 192422 AprilAlbanian teacher and activist Tirana Flag of Albania.svg Albania Jusuf Reçi
Takiji Kobayashi 193320 FebruaryJapanese author Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg Japan police
Augusto César Sandino 193421 FebruaryNicaraguan revolutionary Managua Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua United States Marine Corps
Antonio Guiteras 19358 MayCuban politician Matanzas Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Cuban government
Walter W. Liggett 19359 DecemberAmerican journalist Minneapolis, Minnesota Flag of the United States.svg United States Blumenfeld
Abdul Rahman Shahbandar 1940JuneSyrian nationalist Damascus Flag of Syria French mandate.svg Syria National Bloc members
Leon Trotsky 194021 AugustSoviet dissident Coyoacán, Mexico City Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Ramón Mercader
Marx Dormoy 194126 JulyFrench socialist politician Montélimar Flag of France.svg France Comité secret d'action révolutionnaire
Carlo Tresca 194311 JanuaryAmerican newspaper editor New York City Flag of the United States.svg United States NKVD
Mahatma Gandhi 194830 JanuaryIndian independence movement leader New Delhi Flag of India.svg India Nathuram Godse
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán 19489 April Mayor of Bogotá Bogotá Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia El Bogotazo
Julien Lahaut 195018 AugustBelgian Republican politician Seraing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium François Goossens
Leonardo Ruiz Pineda 195221 OctoberVenezuelan lawyer Caracas Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela police
Albert Patterson 195418 JuneAmerican attorney Phenix City, Alabama Flag of the United States.svg United States Sheriff Albert Fuller
George W. Lee 19557 MayAmerican civil rights leader and minister Midnight, Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg United States Unidentified shooter
Lamar Smith 195513 AugustAmerican civil rights leader, farmer, and veteran Brookhaven, Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg United States Unidentified shooter
Dr. Thomas Hency Brewer 195618 FebruaryAmerican co-founder of an NAACP chapter Columbus, Georgia Flag of the United States.svg United States Luico Flowers
Ali Boumendjel 195723 MarchAlgerian militant and lawyer El Biar Flag of France.svg French Algeria Paul Aussaresses
Maurice Audin 195711 JuneAlgerian student Algiers Flag of France.svg French Algeria André Charbonnier
Ruben Um Nyobé 195813 SeptemberCameroonian anti-colonialist Boumnyébel Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon French army
Patrice Lumumba 196117 JanuaryFirst Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and anti-colonial activistnear Élisabethville Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo Congolese coup leaders with Belgian and U.S. involvement
Salah Ben Youssef 196112 AugustTunisian lawyer and politician Frankfurt Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Tunisian agents
Herbert Lee 196125 SeptemberAmerican civil rights and voting rights activist Liberty, Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg United States E. H. Hurst
Mouloud Feraoun 196215 MarchAlgerian journalist and translator Algiers Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria OAS
William Lewis Moore 196323 AprilAmerican protesting racial segregation Attalla, Alabama Flag of the United States.svg United States Unidentified/disputed shooter
Grigoris Lambrakis 196327 MayGreek anti-war activist Thessaloniki Flag of Greece.svg Greece Emannouel Emannouilides and Spyros Gotzamanis
Medgar Evers 196312 JuneAmerican civil rights activist Jackson, Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg United States Byron De La Beckwith
Louis Allen 196431 JanuaryAmerican voting rights activist Amite County, Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg United States Disputed
James Chaney 196421 JuneAmerican civil rights Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg United States Ku Klux Klan
Andrew Goodman 196421 JuneAmerican civil rights activist Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg United States Ku Klux Klan
Michael Schwerner 196421 JuneAmerican civil rights activist Philadelphia, Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg United States Ku Klux Klan
Humberto Delgado 196513 FebruaryPortuguese anti-fascist Olivenza Flag of Spain.svg Spain PIDE
Malcolm X 196521 FebruaryAmerican human rights activist New York City Flag of the United States.svg United States members of the Nation of Islam
Pio Gama Pinto 196524 FebruaryKenyan journalist Nairobi Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya police
James Reeb 196511 MarchAmerican minister and civil rights activist Alabama Flag of the United States.svg United States mob
Viola Liuzzo 196525 MarchAmerican civil rights activist Selma, Alabama Flag of the United States.svg United States Ku Klux Klan
Jonathan Daniels 196520 AugustAmerican civil rights activist Hayneville, Alabama Flag of the United States.svg United States Tom Coleman
Mehdi Ben Barka 196529 OctoberMoroccan revolutionary fighter and politician Paris Flag of France.svg France French intelligence agents
Sammy Younge Jr. 19663 JanuaryAmerican civil rights and voting rights activist Tuskegee, Alabama Flag of the United States.svg United States Marvin Segrest
Vernon Dahmer 196610 JanuaryAmerican civil rights and voting rights activist Hattiesburg, Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg United States Ku Klux Klan
Osende Afana 196615 MarchCameroonian economist Ndélélé Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon Cameroonian Armed Forces
Chit Phumisak 19665 MayThai Marxist historian Waritchaphum Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand local villagers
Robert W. Spike 196617 OctoberAmerican civil rights activist Columbus, Ohio Flag of the United States.svg United States unknown
Wharlest Jackson 196727 FebruaryAmerican NAACP chapter treasurer Natchez, Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg United States unknown
Benno Ohnesorg 19672 JuneGerman anti-war activist West Berlin Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Karl-Heinz Kurras
Che Guevara 19679 OctoberArgentine revolutionaryLa HigueraFlag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia CIA-assisted Bolivian forces
Martin Luther King Jr. 19684 AprilAmerican civil rights activist Memphis, Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg United States James Earl Ray
Robert F. Kennedy 19686 June U.S. presidential candidate Los Angeles, California Flag of the United States.svg United States Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Tom Mboya 19695 JulyKenyan Cabinet Minister Nairobi Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge
Fred Hampton 19694 DecemberAmerican civil rights activist Chicago, Illinois Flag of the United States.svg United States members of the Chicago Police Department
Krim Belkacem 197018 OctoberAlgerian revolutionary fighter and politician Frankfurt Flag of Germany.svg West Germany unknown
Dhirendranath Datta 197129 MarchEast Pakistani lawyer Moynamoti Flag of Pakistan.svg

East Pakistan

Pakistani Army
Maximiliano Gómez 197123 MayDominican Republic politicianFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic orders of Joaquin Balaguer
Ghassan Kanafani 19728 JulyPalestinian writer Beirut Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Mossad
Outel Bono 197326 AugustChadian medical doctor and politician Paris Flag of France.svg France French secret service and Chadian Government
Amílcar Cabral 197320 JanuaryGuinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean intellectual, poet, theoretician, and revolutionary Conakry Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea Portuguese intelligence agents
Víctor Jara 197316 SeptemberChilean teacher and theater director Santiago Flag of Chile.svg Chile Pedro Barrientos
Silvio Frondizi 197427 SeptemberArgentine intellectual and lawyer Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
Carlos Mugica 197411 MayArgentine Roman Catholic priest and activist Villa Luro Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Rodolfo Almirón
José Tohá 197415 MarchChilean journalist Santiago Flag of Chile.svg Chile military
Omar Benjelloun 197518 DecemberMoroccan journalist and trade union activist Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Chabiba islamia
Herbert Chitepo 197518 MarchRhodesian ZANU-activist Lusaka Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia Rhodesian Security Forces
Josiah Mwangi Kariuki 19752 MarchKenyan socialist politician Nairobi Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Kenyan police
Roque Dalton 197510 MaySalvadoran poet, essayist, journalist, political activist, and intellectual San Salvador Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador People's Revolutionary Army
Boonsanong Punyodyana 197628 FebruaryThai socialist politician Bangkok Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand unknown
Enrique Angelelli 19764 August Bishop of La Rioja Sañogasta Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Argentinian military
Orlando Letelier 197621 SeptemberChilean economist, ex-ambassador Washington, DC Flag of the United States.svg United States Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional
Janani Luwum 197717 FebruaryUgandan archbishop Kampala Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Idi Amin regime
Rutilio Grande 197712 MarchSalvadoran priest Aguilares Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador mob
Shewalul Mengistu 197726 MayEthiopian writer and political activist Addis Ababa Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia Unknown
Bantu Stephen Biko 197712 SeptemberSouth African anti-apartheid activist Pretoria Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa South African Police Forces
Mir Akbar Khyber 197817 AprilAfghan intellectual and editor Kabul Flag of Afghanistan (1974-1978).svg Afghanistan Unknown, Possibly Hekmatyar's Hezbi Islami, Khalq Faction of PDPA or Babrak Karmal
Henri Curiel 19784 MayEgyptian left-wing political activist Paris Flag of France.svg France OAS and Charles Martel Group
Georgi Markov 197811 SeptemberBulgarian dissident London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Bulgarian secret service
Harvey Milk 197827 NovemberAmerican LGBT human rights activist San Francisco, California Flag of the United States.svg United States Dan White
George R. Moscone 197827 November Mayor of San Francisco San Francisco, California Flag of the United States.svg United States Dan White
José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana 197821 DecemberSpanish Basque activist Anglet Flag of France.svg France car bomb
Allard K. Lowenstein 198014 MarchAmerican civil rights activist New York City Flag of the United States.svg United States Dennis Sweeney
Óscar Romero 198024 March Archbishop of San Salvador San Salvador Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador mob
Walter Rodney 198013 JuneGuyanese historian, political activist and scholar Georgetown Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana unknown
Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz 198017 JulyBolivian writer, dramatist, and journalist La Paz Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Luis Garcia Meza
Enrique Álvarez Córdova 198027 NovemberSalvadoran politicians San Salvador Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Brígada Anticomunista Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
John Lennon 19808 DecemberBritish anti-war activist and ex-Beatle New York City Flag of the United States.svg United States Mark David Chapman
Pierre Declercq 198119 SeptemberFrench New Caledonian politician Nouméa Flags of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia unknown
Anwar Sadat 19816 October President of Egypt and peace activist Cairo, Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Attati Mpakati 198324 MarchMalawian dissident Harare Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Malawian agents
Benigno Aquino Jr. 198321 AugustFilipino opposition leader Manila Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Filipino agents
Alan Berg 19841 JanuaryAmerican attorney and talk radio show host Denver, Colorado Flag of the United States.svg United States Silent Brotherhood
Henry Liu 198415 OctoberTaiwanese writer and journalist Daly City, California Flag of the United States.svg United States Bamboo Union
Jerzy Popiełuszko 198419 OctoberPolish Roman Catholic priest Włocławek Flag of Poland.svg Poland Polish Security Service
Gérard Hoarau 198529 NovemberSeychellois politicians London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom France-Albert René regime
Shahnawaz Bhutto 198518 JulyPakistani democracy activist Nice Flag of France.svg France Zia ul-Haq regime
Murtaza Bhutto 198520 SeptemberPakistani democracy activist Karachi Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan police
Éloi Machoro 198512 JanuaryNew Caledonian Kanak politician Canala Flags of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia French gendarme
Fort Calata 198527 JuneSouth African anti-apartheid activist Port Elizabeth Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa South African Police Forces
Matthew Goniwe 198527 JuneSouth African anti-apartheid activist Port Elizabeth Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa South African Police Forces
Sicelo Mhlauli 198527 JuneSouth African anti-apartheid activist Port Elizabeth Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa South African Police Forces
Sparrow Mkhonto 198527 JuneSouth African anti-apartheid activist Port Elizabeth Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa South African Police Forces
Hugo Spadafora 198513 SeptemberPanamanian activist La Concepción Flag of Panama.svg Panama Panamanian government
Olof Palme 198628 February Prime Minister of Sweden Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Peter Tosh 198711 SeptemberJamaican reggae musician and activist for Black liberation Kingston Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Dennis "Leppo" Lobban
Jaime Pardo Leal 198711 OctoberColombian lawyer and union leader La Mesa Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Colombian mafia
Dulcie September 198829 MarchSouth African anti-apartheid political activist Paris Flag of France.svg France South African agents
Chico Mendes 198822 DecemberBrazilian trade unionist and environmentalist Xapuri Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Darci and Darly Alves da Silva, Jerdeir Pereira
Pat Finucane 198912 FebruaryIrish lawyer Belfast Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Ken Barrett
David Webster 19891 MaySouth African anthropologist Troyeville Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa South African Civil Cooperation Bureau
Jean-Marie Tjibaou 19894 MayNew Caledonian Kanak politician Ouvéa Flags of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia Djubelly Wéa
Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou 198913 JulyHead of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Vienna Flag of Austria.svg Austria Iranian agents
Luis Carlos Galán 198918 AugustColombian journalist Bogotá Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Colombian mafia
Anton Lubowski 198912 SeptemberNamibian anti-apartheid activist Windhoek Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia South African Civil Cooperation Bureau
Segundo Montes 198916 NovemberSalvadoran priest San Salvador Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Salvadoran army
Ignacio Ellacuría 198916 NovemberSalvadoran philosopher and theologian San Salvador Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Salvadoran army
Richard de Zoysa 199018 FebruarySri Lankan journalist and actor Rajagiriya Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Sri Lanka-linked death squad
Farag Foda 19929 JuneEgyptian professor Heliopolis Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
Marsha P. Johnson 19924 JulyGay liberation and AIDS activist New York City Flag of the United States.svg United States Unknown (described by witnesses as a "group of thugs")
Tavio Amorin 199229 July 1992Togolese politician Lomé Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo police
Tahar Djaout 199326 MayAlgerian journalist and poet Algiers Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Armed Islamic Group
Chris Hani 199310 AprilSouth African Anti-apartheid activist Boksburg Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa Janusz Waluś
Melchior Ndadaye 199321 OctoberBurundian intellectual and politician Bujumbura Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi Burundi Army
Jorge Carpio Nicolle 19933 JulyGuatemalan newspaper publisher Chichicastenango Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala mob
Cheb Hasni 199429 SeptemberAlgerian musician Oran Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Armed Islamic Group
Jon Simmons19941 OctoberLGBT rights activist Los Angeles Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Unknown
Johan Heyns 19945 NovemberSouth African Anti-apartheid activist Pretoria Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa White South African extremists
Iqbal Masih 199516 AprilPakistani child activist Muridke Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Carpet Mafia
Jaswant Singh Khalra 19956 SeptemberIndian human rights activist Jhabal Flag of India.svg India Kanwar Pal Singh Gill
Yitzhak Rabin 19954 November Prime Minister of Israel and peace activist Tel Aviv, Israel Flag of Israel.svg Israel Yigal Amir
Kudirat Abiola 19969 Junespouse of Nigerian presidential candidate Moshood Abiola Lagos Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria team of six men
Abdelhak Benhamouda 199728 JanuaryAlgerian trade unionist Algiers Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria unknown
Lounès Matoub 199825 JuneAlgerian musician Beni Aïssi Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria police
Azem Hajdari 199812 SeptemberAlbanian anti-communists Tirana Flag of Albania.svg Albania Fatmir Haklaj, Jaho Mulosmani, and Naim Cangu
Sanjaasürengiyn Zorig 19982 OctoberMongolian activist Ulaanbaatar Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia unknown
Galina Starovoytova 199820 NovemberRussian dissidents St Petersburg Flag of Russia.svg Russia Russian state security service
Norbert Zongo 199813 DecemberBurkinabé publisher Sapouy Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso Burkinabé agents
Bishop Juan José Gerardi 199826 AprilGuatemalan Roman Catholic bishop San Sebastian Church Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Guatemalan military personnels
Larisa Yudina 19988 JuneRussian journalist Elista Flag of Russia.svg Russia unknown
Jaime Hurtado 199917 FebruaryEcuadorian politician Quito Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Christian Steven Ponce
Jean Dominique 20003 AprilHaitian journalist Port-au-Prince Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti unknown
Carlos Cardoso 200022 NovemberMozambican journalist Maputo Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Nyimpine Chissano and Aníbal dos Santos
Filemon Lagman 20016 FebruaryFilipino workers' leader Quezon City Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines unknown
Phoolan Devi 200125 JulyIndian activist New Delhi Flag of India.svg India Sher Singh Rana
Pim Fortuyn 20026 MayDutch politician and LGBT human rights activist Hilversum, Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Volkert van der Graaf
Jarallah Omar 200228 DecemberYemeni politician, intellectual Sana'a Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Ali Ahmad al-Jarallah
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev 200413 FebruaryChechen exiled separatist writer Doha Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar FSB agents
Brian Williamson 20045 JuneJamaican LGBT+ rights activist Kingston Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Dwight Hayden
Munir Said Thalib 20047 SeptemberIndonesian human rights activist Schiphol Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto
FannyAnn Eddy 200428 SeptemberLGBT rights activist Freetown Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Unknown
Deyda Hydara 200416 DecemberGambian newspaper reporter Banjul Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia Yahya Jammeh regime
Elmar Hüseynov 20052 MarchAzerbaijani journalist Baku Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Azerbaijani regime
Dorothy Stang 200515 MarchBrazilian-American missionary Anapu Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Clodoaldo Carlos Batista and Raifran das Neves Sales
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos 200523 SeptemberPuerto Rican independence activist Hormigueros Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico FBI
Anna Politkovskaya 20067 OctoberRussian journalist Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Russia three Chechen men
Aleksandr Litvinenko 200623 NovemberRussian dissident London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom FSB agents
Hrant Dink 200719 JanuaryTurkish-Armenian editor, journalist and columnist Istanbul Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Ogün Samast
Gareth Williams200714 FebruaryGay rights activist Mandeville Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica mob
Gabriel Mkhumane 20081 AprilSwazi opposition leader Nelspruit Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Swaziland government agents
Tonderai Ndira 200813–22 MayZimbabwean political dissident Harare Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Zimbabwean agents
Natalya Estemirova 200915 JulyRussian human rights activist Ingushetia Flag of Russia.svg Russia unknown
David Kato 201127 JanuaryGay rights activist and teacher Mukono Town Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Sidney Nsubuga Enoch
Raymond Taavel 201217 AprilLGBT rights activist Halifax Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Andre Noel Denny
Sakine Cansız 20139 JanuaryTurkish Kurdish women's rights activist Paris Flag of France.svg France Turkish agents
Chokri Belaïd 20136 FebruaryTunisian lawyer El Menzah Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Kamel Gaghgadhi
Avijit Roy 201526 FebruaryBangladeshi online activist Dhaka Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Ansarullah Bangla Team
Boris Nemtsov 201527 FebruaryRussian political activist Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Russia two Chechen men
Diana Sacayán 201513 OctoberArgentinian transgender rights activist Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Gabriel David Marino
Berta Cáceres 20163 MarchHonduran environmental activist, indigenous leader La Esperanza Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras employees of DESA
Xulhaz Mannan 201625 AprilBangladeshi LGBT rights activist Dhaka Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Ansar-al-Islam, an Al-Qaida affiliate
Marielle Franco 201814 MarchBrazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist Rio de Janeiro Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil the Brazilian Government, allegedly
Arman Loni 20192 FebruaryPashtun civil rights activist Balochistan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Pakistani Police [1]
Esther Mwikali 2019AugustKenyan land rights activist Murang’a County Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Unknown
Marc Angelucci 202011 JulyUS Men's Rights Activist and Attorney California, US Flag of the United States.svg US Roy Den Hollander [2]
Ayanda Ngila 20228 MarchActivist and leader of shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo and the eKhenana Commune Durban, South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Hitmen linked to African National Congress [3] [4]
Nokuthula Mabaso 20225 MayActivist and leader of shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo and the eKhenana Commune Durban, South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Hitmen linked to African National Congress [5] [6]
Lindokuhle Mnguni 202220 AugustActivist and leader of shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo and the eKhenana Commune Durban, South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Hitmen linked to African National Congress [7]

References

  1. "Pakistan rights group to protest killing of activist". Aljazeera. 4 February 2019.
  2. "Slaying of men's rights activist in California linked to suspected shooter of federal judge's family, FBI confirms". The Mercury News. 2 July 2020.
  3. "The murder of Abahlali's Ayanda Ngila is an injury to us all". Daily Maverick. 15 March 2022.
  4. "Killing of land rights defender Ayanda Ngila and targeting of Abahlali baseMjondolo". 25 March 2022.
  5. "Abahlali leader describes how Nokuthula Mabaso was shot 4 times in back, then in breast and stomach". Daily Maverick. 12 May 2022.
  6. "Killing of woman human rights defender Nokuthula Mabasoo". 7 June 2022.
  7. "Lindokuhle Mnguni, the chairperson of the eKhenana Commune and an inspirational leader in our movement". Facebook . 20 August 2022. Lindokuhle Mnguni, the chairperson of the eKhenana Commune and an inspirational leader in our movement, has been shot dead at the Commune in Cato Manor, eThekwini. Two men opened fire several times to his home at 1:30 am this morning. Our Hearts are Heavy, we are mourning another loss of a great leader. He is the third leader of the Commune to be assassinated this year. We lost Nokuthula Mabaso on 5 May and Ayanda Ngila on 8 March.