April 2022: 401 forms of aggression against 104 women human rights defenders

• 61% individual / 32% collective / 7% organizations

• The main attacks have been:

  • Harassment (70)

  • Psychological violence (40)

  • Surveillance, monitoring of practices and stalking in the daily life of the defender (38)

  • Physical violence (33)

• The defenders under heaviest attack were those who work for:

  • The right to truth, justice and reparation (26%)

  • The right of women to a life free from violence (20%)

  • The right to defend land and territory (15%)

• The main aggressors were identified as:

  • The Police (47%)

  • Public authorities at government levels (20%)

ALERTS APRIL 2022

• 30/04/2022 [Urgent Alert] HONDURAS / Military police harassment of Guadalupe Carney community in Trujillo, Colón. (in Spanish)

• 20/04/2022 [WHRD Alert] Daniel Ortega intensifies terror policy on the 4th anniversary of April 18th social uprising: 156 attacks against women defenders in just 10 days.

• 11/04/2022 [WHRD Alert] National Police harass defender Melissa Martínez, a member of OFRANEH. (in Spanish)

• 07/04/2022 [WHRD Alert] Chimalhuacán police agents arbitrarily arrest rights defender Irene Yashika Martínez Cervantes, attack her, and repress feminist collectives that have demonstrated in her support. (in Spanish)

• 04/04/2022 [WHRD Alert] Army and Police Forces beat and arbitrarily arrest defender and ADESCO President Roselia Rivas. (in Spanish)