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Aid Worker KKA (Killed, Kidnapped or Arrested)

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Source Insecurity Insight
Contributor Insecurity Insight
Date of Dataset January 01, 2015-December 31, 2021
Updated Live
Expected Update Frequency Live
Location
Afghanistan,  Angola,  Azerbaijan,  Bangladesh,  Brazil,  Burkina Faso,  Burundi,  Cambodia,  Cameroon,  Central African Republic,  Chad,  China,  Colombia,  Democratic Republic of the Congo,  Djibouti,  Ecuador,  Egypt,  El Salvador,  Equatorial Guinea,  Ethiopia,  France,  Ghana,  Greece,  Guatemala,  Guinea,  Haiti,  Honduras,  India,  Iraq,  Israel,  Jordan,  Kenya,  Lebanon,  Liberia,  Libya,  Madagascar,  Malawi,  Malaysia,  Mali,  Mauritania,  Mexico,  Mongolia,  Mozambique,  Myanmar,  Nepal,  Nicaragua,  Niger,  Nigeria,  Pakistan,  Peru,  Philippines,  Rwanda,  Senegal,  Sierra Leone,  Solomon Islands,  Somalia,  South Africa,  South Sudan,  Sri Lanka,  Sudan,  Syrian Arab Republic,  Turkey,  Uganda,  Ukraine,  United Republic of Tanzania,  Vanuatu,  Viet Nam,  Yemen,  Zambia,  Zimbabwe
Visibility
Public
License Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Methodology

Systematically collected from open source, public reports as well as verified submissions from our partner agencies.
Caveats / Comments

Not representative or a comprehensive compilation of all events in which an aid worker was killed, kidnapped, or arrested. Key definitions Aid worker: An individual employed by or attached to a humanitarian, UN, international, national, or government aid agency. Killed: Refers to a staff member being killed. Aid worker(s) killed while in captivity are coded as ‘kidnapped’. Kidnapped: Refers to a staff member being kidnapped, missing or taken hostage. Arrested: Refers to a staff member being arrested, charged, detained, fined or imprisoned.
Data collection is ongoing and data may change as more information is made available.
Tags
aid workers
aid workers security
hxl
indicators
violence and conflict
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