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Colombian police are investigating an acid assault perpetrated towards a human rights activist, Lilia Patricia Cardozo, within the nation’s northwestern Boyaca area, in response to the town’s council.
Cardozo is the director of a womens’ rights NGO known as Plataforma Feminista Boyacense (Boyacense Feminist Platform), which works to finish home abuse, gender violence and discrimination, together with rescuing victims from the fingers of abusers.
On Monday, an unknown attacker threw a chemical substance at Cardozo whereas she was strolling in a park. Cardozo, who remains to be below medical commentary, suffered accidents within the left a part of her face, the spokesperson for the NGO wrote on Fb.
The San Rafael de Tunja College Hospital stated the chemical substance thrown at Cardozo affected 4% of her physique, together with her face, and her chest.
Cardozo has been a goal of dying threats since 2022, which led the nation’s Nationwide Safety Unit to approve a security protocol to guard her final September.
However the Boyacense Feminist Platform has accused Tunja’s native authorities of leaving Cardozo uncovered by activating the security protocol too slowly.
Tunja’s Mayor, Alejandro Funeme, stated the protocol was carried out late on February 14, because of the lack of funds.
Native police are investigating the incident and dealing to establish the attacker, who faces a prices of femicide.
Ladies and human rights defenders are significantly in danger in Colombia. In 2022, 614 circumstances of femicide have been reported, in response to Colombia’s Legal professional Basic’s Workplace.
Since 2016, greater than 500 human rights activists have been killed within the nation, making it one of many deadliest international locations for human rights defenders worldwide, in response to Human Rights Watch.
