Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Choco

Sex¹:Male

Age:46

Date of Killing:10/12/2021

Previous Threats:Unknown

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Concejo Comunitario de la Cuenca del Río Acandí y zona Costera Norte (COCOMANORTE)

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

Sector Detail:Afro descendants rights, Impunity/Justice, 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-2021-sistema-de-informacion-sobre-agresiones-contra-personas-defensoras-de-dd-hh-en-colombia-siaddhh/

https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2021/12/11/asesinan-a-fredy-pestana-herrera-lider-comunitario-de-acandi-choco/

https://www.jep.gov.co/Sala-de-Prensa/Paginas/JEP-rechaza-el-asesinato-de-Fredy-Pesta%C3%B1a-Herrera,-presidente-de-Cocomanorte.aspx

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