Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Norte de Santander

Sex¹:Female

Date of Killing:09/07/2021

Previous Threats:Unknown

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Asociación de Mujeres de Palmarito

Sector or Type of Rights the HRD Worked On:ESC Rights

Sector Detail:Poverty/Economic insecurity

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.fiscalia.gov.co/colombia//wp-content/uploads/Defensores/DEFENSORIA//Gertrudis%20Hern%E1ndez%20Leal.pdf

https://www.agenciapi.co/noticia/regiones/dan-de-baja-alias-sayona-cabecilla-del-clan-del-golfo-en-norte-de-santander

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