Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Cauca

Sex¹:Male

Date of Killing:12/12/2017

Previous Threats:No history of threats

Type of Work:Farmer / Peasant

Organisation:Junta de Acción Comunal (JAC) del corregimiento de Pan de Azúcar / Asociación Agroambiental de Trabajadores del Patía (Agropatía)

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

Sector Detail:Peasant communities

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-2017-sistema-de-informacion-sobre-agresiones-contra-personas-defensoras-de-dd-hh-en-colombia-siaddhh/

https://www.lapazenelterreno.com/lider-social/alfonso-perez-mellizo

https://www.business-humanrights.org/es/%C3%BAltimas-noticias/colombia-asesinan-a-alfonso-p%C3%A9rez-murillo-defensor-de-medio-ambiente/

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