Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Meta

Sex¹:Male

Age:68

Date of Killing:01/01/2021

Previous Threats:Unknown

Type of Work:Teacher

Organisation:Federación Colombiana de Educadores (FECODE)

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

Sector Detail:Right to eduction/Student 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.radionacional.co/actualidad/judicial/asesinato-de-lideres-sociales-gerardo-leon-primer-caso-registrado-en-2021

https://www.elespectador.com/judicial/continua-la-tragedia-gerardo-leon-primer-lider-social-asesinado-en-2021-article/

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