[Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:]
My first partners are other feminist colleagues from women's groups. Second, I have male and female colleagues from LGBTIQ groups in Nicaragua. Third, there are other groups of defenders of human rights, and the independent press, of which women are also a very important sector.
Throughout this process, persecution of women just for being women has been very, very strong, very serious. The Ortega-Murillo regime has tried to make violence against women a pillar of their government, but this is a cover-up, because in reality, what they have done has been to promote impunity. There are, on average, 70 femicides every year. Only five receive justice. Police departments dedicated exclusively to preventing violence against women were actually closed under Ortega and Murillo's orders.
There's specific persecution of women—of those who communicate, of defenders of human rights.