1.   Abortion rights defenders have protested the planned visit, which was being kept closed to the media.

2.   Animal rights defenders are kicking up a fuss over a merry-go-round that features live ponies.

3.   But the best measure of protection would be to arrest and prosecute those responsible for the attacks on rights defenders, he added.

4.   Rights defenders say shopkeepers in high-crime districts routinely pay policemen to kill children suspected of stealing.

5.   Still, rights defenders say the verdict will send a message.