Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Valle del Cauca

Sex¹:Trans woman

Age:28

Date of Killing:26/02/2023

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:AfroResistance

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

Sector Detail:Afro descendants rights, LGBTIQ+, Transgender rights

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/2023/03/01/febrero-cierra-con-20-lideres-sociales-asesinados-en-el-pais-las-ultimas-victimas-se-reportaron-en-el-valle-y-en-bolivar/

https://www.semana.com/nacion/cali/articulo/capturaron-en-cali-al-presunto-asesino-de-shaina-vanessa-reconocida-mujer-trans/202336/

https://somosdefensores.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/informe-LA-ESPERA.pdf

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