Front Line Defenders in a report said that at least 17 human rights defenders were murdered in Afghanistan in 2020, an advocacy group said in a report, reports 1tv.afon February 13. This is the highest total for a single year in the country since the start of the documentation project in 2016, according to the report by Front Line Defenders. The report linked the release of Taliban members from prison to the increased the vulnerability of and threats to human rights defenders.