In Memoriam: Recordando a 41 defensores Indígenas asesinados en 2024
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** In Memoriam: Remembering 41 Indigenous Defenders Who Were Murdered in 2024 in Latin America
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Content Note: The following includes disturbing information on violence against Indigenous Peoples. We have strived to provide information on each individual, in celebration of their lives and work, without gratuitous detail on their deaths. While we have worked to avoid linking to sources with graphic imagery, please note that the sources linked may contain further details and images may be changed by websites after we have reviewed them.

Globally, 64.8% of all attacks against defenders were against those defending land and territories. Latin America is one of the most dangerous regions to be an Indigenous rights and environmental defender. Three out of four assassinations of environmental defenders take place in Latin America. Indigenous defenders face a double threat: defending rights and being Indigenous.

In 2023, 49% of murdered environmental or land defenders were Indigenous or Afro-descendants, a disproportionately high figure given that Indigenous Peoples comprise roughly 6% of the global population. It is important to take into consideration that killings are just the tip of the iceberg, and that before reaching that point, a variety of violence has occurred. According to the latest data from the Alliance for Land, Indigenous, and Environmental Defenders, for every killing of an Indigenous land and environmental defender documented in 2022, at least five non-lethal attacks took place.

As part of our Advocacy Program, Cultural Survival tracks violence against Indigenous defenders in an effort to draw connections amongst these cases and demonstrate that this crisis, rather than being a set of unconnected attacks on individual people, is systemic.

In these profiles, we remember and mourn 41 Indigenous people who were killed in 2024. We also recognize and condemn attacks, disappearances, criminalization, and other forms of violence committed against Indigenous defenders worldwide. We acknowledge that our scope is limited and that violence against Indigenous Peoples and against particular defenders of rights and the environment far surpasses the data that we were able to collect, and we honor all of the Peoples and communities who have been affected. We commit to continuing to work towards justice for Indigenous land and rights defenders alongside the affected communities to the extent that we are able.
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** En memoria a 41 personas defensoras Indígenas asesinadas en 2024 en América Latina
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Aviso sobre el contenido: El siguiente contenido incluye información sobre violencia contra personas Indígenas. Nos hemos esforzado en proveer información sobre cada individuo en celebración de sus vidas y trabajo, sin incluir detalles innecesarios sobre sus muertes. Si bien hemos trabajado para evitar incluir vínculos a fuentes que contengan imágenes muy gráficas, tengan en cuenta que las fuentes vinculadas pueden incluir más detalles e incluso cambiar las imágenes después de que las hayamos revisado.

A nivel global, el 64,8% de todos los ataques que sufren personas defensoras son en contra de quienes defienden la tierra y los territorios. América Latina sigue siendo una de las regiones más peligrosas para ser una persona defensora de los derechos Indígenas y medioambientales: tres de cada cuatro asesinatos de defensorxs del medio ambiente se producen en América Latina. Las personas defensoras Indígenas enfrentan una doble amenaza: defender derechos y ser Indígenas. En 2023 el 49% de las personas defensoras de tierra y medio ambiente asesinadas a nivel global fueron Indígenas o afrodescendientes, una cifra desproporcionadamente más alta que la proporción de los Pueblos Indígenas en la población mundial, que es de aproximadamente el 6%.

Es importante tener en cuenta que los asesinatos representan la punta del iceberg, antes de llegar a ese punto ocurren una variedad de ataques. Según los últimos datos recopilados por la red Allied (Alliance for Land, Indigenous and Environmental Defenders) por cada asesinato de una persona defensora del medioambiente y el territorio Indígena documentado en 2022, ocurrieron al menos 5 ataques no letales.
Como parte de nuestro Programa de Defensa, en Cultural Survival, rastreamos las violencias en contra de personas defensoras Indígenas, procurando establecer conexiones entre los casos y demostrar que no se trata solamente de casos aislados de agresiones contra individuos, sino más bien de una crisis sistémica en contra de las personas defensoras Indígenas en el mundo.
En los perfiles que presentamos a continuación recordamos con mucho dolor a las 41 personas Indígenas que fueron asesinadas durante el 2024. También reconocemos y condenamos otras agresiones, desapariciones, criminalización y otras formas de violencia contra personas defensoras Indígenas alrededor del mundo. Reconocemos que nuestro alcance es limitado y que la violencia en contra de las personas Indígenas, y en particular contra defensorxs del medio ambiente y de derechos, supera enormemente los datos que tenemos la capacidad de recopilar. Honramos a todas las personas y comunidades que se han visto afectadas. Nos comprometemos a continuar trabajando por la justicia para las personas defensoras de los derechos y la tierra junto con las comunidades afectadas en la medida de nuestras posibilidades.


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