Region:Americas

Country:Colombia

Department/Province/State:Cauca

Sex¹:Female

Age:37

Date of Killing:08/10/2017

Type of Work:Journalist / Media worker

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

Sector Detail:Documenting violations in conflict, Indigenous peoples' 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-2017-sistema-de-informacion-sobre-agresiones-contra-personas-defensoras-de-dd-hh-en-colombia-siaddhh/

https://cpj.org/data/people/maria-efigenia-vasquez-astudillo/

https://rsf.org/es/colombia-muere-periodista-en-cubrimiento-de-acciones-policiales

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