Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Cauca

Sex¹:Female

Age:34

Date of Killing:07/06/2021

Previous Threats:Unknown

Type of Work:Journalist / Media worker

Organisation:Tejido de comunicaciones - Asociación de Cabildos Indignas del norte del Cauca

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

Sector Detail:Human rights movement, Indigenous peoples' 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-2021-sistema-de-informacion-sobre-agresiones-contra-personas-defensoras-de-dd-hh-en-colombia-siaddhh/

https://www.cric-colombia.org/portal/beatriz-cano-ejemplo-de-amor-por-la-comunidad-y-la-comunicacion/

https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2021/06/08/fallecio-la-comunicadora-indigena-beatriz-cano-una-de-las-victimas-de-ataque-armado-ocurrido-en-santander-de-quilichao/

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