Benjamín Ríos Urimish

On Sunday 26 April, 2020 twenty-five year old Benjamin Ríos Urimishi, a member of the asháninka people, was shot dead in the province of Atalaya, Peru.

He was working in a remote area when he was shot in front of his wife and children. Rios Urimishi was a member of the local indigenous rights organisation, ODIT.

Indigenous peoples are increasingly under attack in Peru from land grabbers and narco traffickers

It is estimated that  15 indigenous  communities, and their leaders,  in the area of  Huánuco y Ucayali, are under threat from land grabbers and narco traffickers. Leaders of 8 indigenous communities went to Lima recently to stress the dangers they were facing but nothing has been done.

Peru does have a system of protection for human rights defenders but it is only effective in the cities. Human rights defenders at risk outside the cities are left to their own devices.


Si vous souhaitez nous donner un souvenir personnel, merci de nous écrire à: HRDMemorial@frontlinedefenders.org

Région:Amériques

Pays:Pérou

Département/Province/Etat:Ucayali

Sexe1:Masculin

Age:25

Date de l'assassinat:26/04/2020

Type de travail:Leader communautaire

Organisation :Comunidad del pueblo asháninka, federación OIDIT

Secteur ou type de droit que défendait le DDH:Droits économiques, sociaux et culturels:

Détail sur le secteur:Droit à la terre, Droits des populations autochtones

Plus d'informations:Front Line Defenders

1Cette base de données enregistre l'identité sexuelle choisie par une personne. Si elle ne s'identifie pas elle-même comme homme ou femme, elle peut utiliser l'option autre/aucun ou employer le terme IGNB (identité de genre non-binaire).

Benjamín Ríos Urimish

On Sunday 26 April, 2020, twenty-five year old Benjamin Ríos Urimishi, a member of the asháninka people, was shot dead in the province of Atalaya, Peru.

He was working in a remote area when he was shot in front of his wife and children. Rios Urimishi was a member of the local indigenous rights organisation, ODIT.

Indigenous peoples are increasingly under attack in Peru from land grabbers and narco traffickers

It is estimated that  15 indigenous  communities, and their leaders, in the area of  Huánuco y Ucayali, are under threat from land grabbers and narco traffickers. Leaders of 8 indigenous communities went to Lima recently to stress the dangers they were facing but nothing has been done.

Peru does have a system of protection for human rights defenders but it is only effective in the cities. Human rights defenders at risk outside the cities are left to their own devices.


Si vous souhaitez nous donner un souvenir personnel, merci de nous écrire à: HRDMemorial@frontlinedefenders.org

Région:Amériques

Pays:Pérou

Département/Province/Etat:Ucayali

Sexe1:Masculin

Age:25

Date de l'assassinat:26/04/2020

Type de travail:Leader communautaire

Organisation :Comunidad del pueblo asháninka, federación OIDIT

Secteur ou type de droit que défendait le DDH:Droits économiques, sociaux et culturels:

Détail sur le secteur:Droit à la terre, Droits des populations autochtones

Plus d'informations:Front Line Defenders

1Cette base de données enregistre l'identité sexuelle choisie par une personne. Si elle ne s'identifie pas elle-même comme homme ou femme, elle peut utiliser l'option autre/aucun ou employer le terme IGNB (identité de genre non-binaire).