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IPU reports a record number of parliamentarians face threats

A sharp increase in threats against women parliamentarians was seen in 2022, almost quadruple from just eight years ago.

The Hungarian Parliament Building towers over the Danube River
The Hungarian Parliament Building towers over the Danube River (AN/Jure Tufekcic / Unsplash)

GENEVA (AN) – The number of parliamentarians that suffered threats and acts of intimidation or faced attacks on their freedom of expression and other rights rose 10% in the past year, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Among 44 nations a record number of 739 parliamentarians were threatened in 2022, up from 673 during the previous year, the Geneva-based IPU reported in its annual global snapshot on Thursday.

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