Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] First of all, this government has primarily attacked women, because women were the first to denounce that this was a dictatorship and not a socialist, robust, solid government, as had been said. There was a lot of resentment and anger against women because of this.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [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.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] With regard to the difference in the experiences of women and men human rights defenders, firstly I should say that the accusations often refer to women as prostitutes. This is used as an insult. They also refer to our sexual preferences, which is something that's not mentioned when it comes to our male counterparts.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Thank you very much. Good afternoon. My name is Ana Quirós, and I am 62 years old. I have lived in Nicaragua for 40 years and I was expelled from the country on November 26. They first took away my citizenship without any explanation, and then they expelled me from the country.