User:Oceanflynn/sandbox/List of women killed fighting for human rights
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List of women killed fighting for human rights
This is a list of notable women, either famous themselves or closely associated with someone well known, who were killed fighting for human rights.[1][2]
By year[edit]
2017[edit]
- Emilsen Manyoma, Colombia (born 1984 or 1985 - 2017) - community leader[3][4][5]
- Shifa Gardi, Iraq (born 1986 in Iran - died 2017 in Iraq) - journalist [6][7]
- Ruth Alicia López Guisao, Colombia (no article yet)
- Sherly Montoya, Honduras (no article yet)
- Miroslava Breach Velducea, Mexico (born in Mexico 1962 – died in Mexico in 2017) - investigative journalist[8][9][10]
- Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, Mexico
- Yoryanis Isabel Bernal Varela, Colombia
- Patricia Villamil Perdomo, Honduras
- Micaela García, Argentina
- Meztli Omixochitl Sarabia Reyna, Mexico
- Idaly Castillo Narváez, Colombia
- Leonela Tapdasan Pesadilla, Philippines
- Mia Manuelita Mascariñas-Green, Philippines
- Laura Leonor Vásquez Pineda, Guatemala
- Gauri Lankesh, India (born India 1962 – died in India in 2017)[11][12]
- Orouba Barakat, Syria
- Efigenia Vásquez Astudillo, Colombia
- Jennifer López, Mexico - trans activist
- Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta (born 1964 – 2017) - journalist[13][14]
- Aysin Büyüknohutçu, Turkey
- Jane Julia de Oliveira, Brazil
- Rosalyn Albaniel Evara, Papua New Guinea
- Luz Yeni Montaño, Colombia
- Kátia Martins, Brazil
- Maria da Lurdes Fernandes Silva, Brazil
By country[edit]
Brazil[edit]
- Kátia Martins
- Jane Julia de Oliveira
- Maria da Lurdes Fernandes Silva
Columbia[edit]
Papua New Guinea[edit]
Syria[edit]
Turkey[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Sekyiamah, Nana Darkoa; Medanhodzic, Lejla; Ford, Liz (November 29, 2017). "Remembering women killed fighting for human rights in 2017: To mark International Women Human Rights Defenders' Day, we pay tribute to some of the women killed this year because of their activism". Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ WHRD Tribute: We remember and pay tribute to Women's Human Rights Defenders from around the world (Report). Women Human Rights Defenders. 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Kelleher, Richard (2017-01-18). "Husband and wife brutally murdered as attacks on Colombia's community leaders continue". Colombia Reports. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ "Colombian Human Rights Leader Assassinated". Telesur. 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ "Em 2017, três dirigentes sociais já foram assassinados na Colômbia". Vermelho. January 18, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ "Mosul battle: Kurdish reporter Shifa Gardi killed in Iraq". www.bbc.co.uk. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Rudaw
- ^ "Miroslava Breach, la periodista "incómoda" asesinada en México cuando llevaba a su hijo a la escuela". BBC World (in Spanish). 24 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Identified, the authors of the homicide of Miroslava Breach: Javier Corral". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). 17 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Mayorga, Patricia (23 April 2017). "'Castigue a los culpables, por muy encumbrados que estén': hermana de Miroslava Breach a Corral". Proceso (in Spanish).
- ^ Rajiv Kalkod (5 September 2017). "Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead at her house". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead at her Bengaluru home, kin demands CBI probe". India Today. 5 September 2017. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ Henley, Jon (20 October 2017). "Pope writes rare letter of condolence after murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Daphne Caruana Galizia killed in Bidnija car blast". Times of Malta. 16 October 2017. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017.
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