Region:Americas

Country:Brazil

Department/Province/State:Roraima

Sex¹:Female

Age:35

Date of Killing:01/05/2023

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Casa de Saúde Yanomami

Sector or Type of Rights the HRD Worked On:ESC Rights

Sector Detail:Indigenous peoples' rights, Right to health

More information:Front Line Defenders

¹This database records an individual's chosen gender identity. If they do not self-identify as male or female they can use the option of recording other/neither or use the term NBGI (non binary gender identity).

URLs (links) of Interest

https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/jsForm/?File=/en/iachr/media_center/preleases/2023/248.asp

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/six-months-on-the-yanomami-crisis-continues-amid-rising-violence/

https://g1.globo.com/rr/roraima/noticia/2023/05/31/ossada-humana-encontrada-e-de-indigena-yanomami-ex-mulher-do-filho-do-lider-davi-kopenawa.ghtml

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