Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Cauca

Sex¹:Male

Date of Killing:27/10/2022

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Consejo Comunitario de la Cuenca del Río Cauca y Microcuenca Teta Mazamorrero

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

Sector Detail:Afro descendants rights

More information:Programa Somos Defensores (PSD)

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://historias-inconclusas.verdadabierta.com/sites/default/files/historias-inconclusas-lideres-sociales-version-final.pdf

https://www.oas.org/es/cidh/jsForm/?File=/es/cidh/prensa/comunicados/2023/026.asp

https://www.defensoria.gov.co/-/defensor%C3%ADa-del-pueblo-rechaza-el-asesinato-del-l%C3%ADder-afrocolombiano-adelmo-balanta-en-santander-de-quilichao

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