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
2019
- Almaas Elman, Somalia (died 2019 in Somalia) - Activist[3]
2018
- Marielle Franco, Brazil (born 1979 in Brazil - died 2018 in Brazil) - politician [4][5]
2017
- Emilsen Manyoma, Colombia (1984/1985-2017) - community leader[6][7]
- Shifa Gardi, Iraq (born 1986 in Iran - died 2017 in Iraq) - journalist[8][9]
- Miroslava Breach Velducea, Mexico (born in Mexico 1962 - died in Mexico in 2017) - investigative journalist[10][11][12]
- Gauri Lankesh, India (born India 1962 - died in India in 2017) - Senior journalist[13][14]
- Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta (1964-2017) - journalist[15][16]
2016
- Berta Cáceres (Honduras) - indigenous leader[17]
- Jo Cox (1974 - 2016 United Kingdom) - politician[18]
- Hande Kader (1993 Turkey - 2016) - LGBTQ rights activist[19][20]
- Nilce de Souza Magalhães, Nicinha (died 2016 in Brazil) - environmental activist whose work focused on Jirau Dam.[21]
1913
- Emily Davison (1872 - 1913 United Kingdom) - English suffragette.[22]
References
- 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. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- "Almaas Elman, Somali Canadian Activist, Shot Dead in Mogadishu". The New York Times.
- "Marielle Franco: Brazil's favelas mourn the death of a champion". The Guardian. 2018-03-18.
- "A black female politician was gunned down in Rio. Now she's a global symbol". The Washington Post. 2018-03-19.
- Kelleher, Richard (2017-01-18). "Husband and wife brutally murdered as attacks on Colombia's community leaders continue". Colombia Reports. 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.
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- "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.
- Kapnistos, Peter Fotis (2017). Hitler's Doubles: Fully-Illustrated. Peter Fotis Kapnistos. p. 438. ISBN 9781496071460.
- "International condemnation of the murder of indigenous leader Bertha Cáceres in Honduras". Transnational Institute. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- "MP Jo Cox died from 'multiple stab and gunshot wounds' – BBC News". BBC News. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- Shafak, Elif (2016-08-23). "The shocking murder of trans activist Hande Kader says much about Turkey today". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
- Jones, Stephen (2016-08-20). "Transgender woman's mutilated body found burnt in street follows streak of gay hate crimes in Turkey". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- "Nicinha's body is found after five months missing | Água e energia não são mercadorias!". www.mabnacional.org.br. Archived from the original on 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- "Truth behind the death of suffragette Emily Davison is finally revealed". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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