Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Cauca

Sex¹:Male

Date of Killing:05/06/2023

Type of Work:Community leader

Organisation:Junta de Acción Comunal del corregimiento Quilcacé / Asociación de Institutores y Trabajadores de la Educación del Cauca

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

Sector Detail:Citizens' rights, Right to eduction/Student rights, Right to health

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://www.oas.org/es/CIDH/jsForm/?File=/es/cidh/prensa/comunicados/2023/248.asp

https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2023/06/07/defensoria-del-pueblo-condeno-los-homicidios-del-lider-social-jairo-tombe-y-su-esposa-leonora-gonzalez/

https://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/cauca-asesinan-a-dos-lideres-uno-de-ellos-estaba-con-su-esposa-y-tambien-la-mataron-775179

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