Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Choco

Sex¹:Male

Age:17

Date of Killing:20/01/2025

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Grupo de Danza ‘Chicos Dance”

Sector or Type of Rights the HRD Worked On:Civil and Political Rights

Sector Detail:Peace building

More information:Programa Somos Defensores (PSD)

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://www.infobae.com/colombia/2025/01/22/dos-bailarines-vinculados-al-ministerio-de-cultura-fueron-encontrados-sin-vida-en-choco/

https://www.mincultura.gov.co/noticias/Paginas/el-ministerio-de-las-culturas-rechaza-el-asesinato-de-dos-jovenes-bailarines-de-quibdo.aspx

https://www.unicef.org/colombia/comunicados-prensa/unicef-colombia-rechaza-asesinato-de-dos-jovenes-parte-de-colectivos-juveniles

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