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| Portrait by Lucy Grady, marker on paper |
*Bloggers caveat: My daughter, Lucy, was helping to create portraits a few nights ago. She researched names on the list of slain environmentalists on the Global Witness website and chose to complete a portrait of the journalist Uma Singh of Nepal from the list. However, I was not able to find direct information about any environmental advocacy by Ms. Singh. Though she may not have been an environmental activist, I am choosing to include her story here because Lucy was inspired by her and because she was courageously reporting on women's rights issues which may have played a role in her murder.
Day 5 - Uma Singh, Nepal
Uma Singh was a 27 year-old radio reporter in Janakpur who covered issues such as communal violence and women's rights. She was also vocal in her opposition to local maoist groups that she felt were responsible for the abduction of her brother and father in 2005.
In 2009, 15 people stormed Singh's apartment and stabbed her to death. Two people have been arrested in the case, including a Maoist leader in the region.
Sources:
http://www.wavespr.com/2010/03/international-women’s-day-article-19-affirms-the-rights-of-women-with-the-right-to-free-expression/
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