Amid death and rape threats on social media against congresswoman-elect Ana Elisa, of the Workers' Party (PT), the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (MDHC) requested measures to guarantee the parliamentarian's protection through the Minas Gerais State Protection Program.
Shortly after the first round of elections, held last Sunday (4), Ana Elisa reported the attacks on social media and said she feared for her own life. According to her, the threats already existed, but intensified after the spread of fake news.
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"I am suffering more death threats. I believe no one deserves to be threatened with death for being politically engaged. Political debate, for me, was never about that. My team deactivated my Twitter account because we were receiving death threats every two minutes, as well as rape threats. I am totally vulnerable. For now, I do not have a security task force," she said.
The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship did not detail the measures that will be adopted, for security reasons and to preserve the integrity of the congresswoman-elect.
According to the ministry, the team of the Minas Gerais State Protection Program…
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Amid death and rape threats on social media against federal congresswoman-elect Ana Elisa, of the Workers' Party (PT), the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (MDHC) requested measures to guarantee the parliamentarian's protection through the Minas Gerais State Protection Program.
Shortly after the first round of elections, held last Sunday (4), Ana Elisa reported the attacks on social media and said she feared for her own life. According to her, the threats already existed but intensified after the spread of fake news.
"I am suffering more death threats. I believe no one deserves to be threatened with death for being politically engaged. Political debate, for me, was never about that. My team deactivated my Twitter account because we were receiving death threats every two minutes, as well as rape threats. I am totally vulnerable. For now, I don't have a security task force," she said.
The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship did not detail the measures that will be adopted, for security reasons and to preserve the integrity of the congresswoman-elect.
According to the ministry, the team of the Minas Gerais State Protection Program will work together with the Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Communicators and Environmentalists to monitor and assess the case.
To that end, the ministry requested that the Minas Gerais Social Development Secretariat, which is responsible for the state program, carry out a risk analysis, coordinate with police intelligence agencies, and take measures to investigate the threats and identify those responsible.
The reporting team was unable to obtain information about the case from either the Social Development Secretariat or the Public Prosecutor's Office of Minas Gerais.
Ana Elisa, 21 years old, was born in Divinópolis, in the interior of the state. A law student, she worked as an intern at the Regional Labor Court of Minas Gerais. Elected with more than 524,000 votes, she was the second most-voted federal congresswoman in the state. She also became the most-voted woman in the history of Minas Gerais for the Chamber of Deputies and the youngest federal congresswoman ever elected in Brazil.