teleSUR English reports:
Juana Ramirez Santiago, a 57-year-old Mayan Ixil community leader and human rights defender, was shot dead on Friday in Guatemala’s Quiche department.
Ramirez was a founding member of the Network of Ixil Women, an organization fighting for women’s rights, and a prominent midwife in her community. People close to her say had been threatened before and had already filed a complaint with the Public Ministry (MP).
https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Indigenous-Mayan-Ixil-Midwife-Defender-Killed-Guatemala-20180922-0020.html
[category: global, reproductive rights, violence]
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