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When asked to provide more context about who was particularly unlikely to enjoy their right to education in 2022, our respondents mentioned all of the following:

• Quality education is limited by a lack of teaching staff and quality material
• The cost of primary education prevents access for many people, especially those of low socio-economic status
• Rural people lack access to quality education due to inadequate funding and lack of facilities
• Many children are not enrolled in primary school
• The publicly funded state university is not highly regarded and private university options are inaccessible to most people because of high costs

When asked to provide more context about who was particularly unlikely to enjoy their right to food in 2022, our respondents mentioned all of the following:

• All people lack access to healthy or high-quality food due to high costs, especially people with low socio-economic status. Social services cannot overcome food insecurity
• People from rural areas, especially those who work on farms, lack access to adequate food in off seasons because of poor road conditions
• Many Liberians cannot afford three meals a day

When asked to provide more context about who was particularly unlikely to enjoy their right to health in 2022, our respondents mentioned all of the following:

• All people lack access to health services due to high costs
• The healthcare sector lacks government oversight
• State social services cannot overcome healthcare inaccessibility because these services are underfunded
• Rural people lack access to quality and timely healthcare
• The confidentiality of services for people with certain diseases and LGBTQIA+ people is not guaranteed and these people often face stigma from healthcare professionals
• Health facilities lack the services and medication necessary to provide quality care
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) is covertly supported by the government and the Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia, despite having a public anti-FGM stance

When asked to provide more context about who was particularly unlikely to enjoy their right to housing in 2022, our respondents mentioned all of the following:

• People from the North, West, and Central regions
• People with drug dependencies
• High rent costs prevent access to safe housing for refugees, migrants, and people with low socio-economic status. These people are often homeless, live in slum communities or makeshift housing
• Government housing is politicised and not evenly distributed, and people with low socio-economic status often lack access. Enough government houses are not being built to meet the high demand

When asked to provide more context about who was especially vulnerable to arbitrary or political arrest and detention by government agents in 2022, our respondents mentioned all of the following:

• Students protesting the government demanding educational improvement are often arrested by the Liberian National Police (LNP)
• There are reports of police arresting people on behalf of the current government for political speech
• A member of the Alternative National Congress was arrested by the LNP for alleging on Facebook that ritualistic killings were occurring across Liberia
• Student Unification Party protesters from the state-funded University of Liberia were arbitrarily arrested by the LNP for peaceful protests at the Capitol building in Monrovia during the Independence Day protest on 26 July 2022

When asked to provide more context about who was especially vulnerable to disappearance by government agents in 2022, our respondents mentioned all of the following:

• An official from a local election office disappeared in Grand Gedeh County, and the current government is not seriously investigating the incident
• People with mental health conditions
• People critical of the government, especially opposition leaders
• Employees of government institutions, especially internal auditors and judiciary members investigating state misconduct
• Human rights practitioners reporting on government conduct and state conditions

When asked to provide more context about who was especially vulnerable to death penalty executions by government agents in 2022, our respondents mentioned all of the following:

• There were reports of a political activist fleeing to Sierra Leone and the United States to avoid execution

When asked to provide more context about who was especially vulnerable to extrajudicial killing by government agents in 2022, our respondents mentioned all of the following:

• Women and children disappear and are later found dead
• A member of the Police Academy Community was killed by a member of the Executive Protection Service
• Student Unification Party protesters from the state-funded University of Liberia died from excessive force by police during peaceful protests against state misconduct
• Opposition leaders and officials, especially those who worked in the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-led government, are killed, and the government does not dedicate energy toward identifying the perpetrators of these killings. These killings have been linked to the current government.
• Employees of government institutions are killed, especially internal auditors investigating state misconduct. The government does not dedicate energy toward identifying the perpetrators of these killings. These killings have been linked to the current government

When asked to provide more context about who was especially vulnerable to restrictions on their rights to assembly and association by the government or its agents in 2022, our respondents mentioned all of the following:

• Lesbians
• Student Unification Party (SUP) protesters from the state-funded University of Liberia experienced beatings by the pro-government splinter group Council of Patriots (COP) during their Independence Day protest on 26 July 2022 at the Capitol building in Monrovia. COP were backed by the Monrovia City Police Department. Police and National Security Agency agents failed to prevent or intervene in the violence.
• State security forces abused protesters and disrupted protests by residents and workers at gold mine sites in Grand Cape Mount County demanding payment and increased protection of the land and water
• Liberians are prevented from protesting by the Ministry of Justice
• Police used force to disperse protesting families of missing boys
• Human rights protesters are dispersed by police using pepper spray
• Peaceful protests by the SUP from the state-run University of Liberia are disrupted by police
• People associated with opposition parties
• Government employees are restricted from protesting, and are threatened with termination and delayed salary payment for participating in protests

When asked to provide more context about who was especially vulnerable to restrictions on their rights to opinion and expression by government agents in 2022, our respondents mentioned all of the following:

• Members of the Collaborating Political Parties, especially members of the Unity Party, are threatened by the current government
• People who support gender equality, such as the 'He for She' movement, in Lofa County are threatened by the Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia for demonstrating against female genital mutilation
• A member of the Alternative National Congress was arrested by the Liberia National Police for alleging on Facebook that ritualistic killings are occurring across Liberia
• There were reports of a political activist fleeing to Sierra Leone and the United States to avoid execution
• Radio and other media stations, especially those used by human rights practitioners, are disrupted and threatened by state security for expression against the government