Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Cauca

Sex¹:Male

Age:27

Date of Killing:27/04/2017

Type of Work:Lawyer / Paralegal

Organisation:Consejo Comunitario Nuevo Renacer

Sector or Type of Rights the HRD Worked On:ESC/Civ&Pol Rights

Sector Detail:Afro descendants rights, Land rights

More information:Programa Somos Defensores

¹This database records an individual's chosen gender identity. If they do not self-identify as male or female they can use the option of recording other/neither or use the term NBGI (non binary gender identity).

URLs (links) of Interest

https://somosdefensores.org/informe-anual-2017-sistema-de-informacion-sobre-agresiones-contra-personas-defensoras-de-dd-hh-en-colombia-siaddhh/

https://lapazenelterreno.com/lider-social/diego-fernando-rodriguez-montenegro

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Colombia-Violence-Spirals-on-Despite-Peace-Yet-Another-Social-Leader-Killed-in-Cauca-20170427-0013.html

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