Urgent Action Assassination of Human Rights Defender in Buenaventura
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Murder of human rights defender Emilsen Manyoma, of the CONPAZ network and leader of the Bajo Calima Community Council, together with her spouse Joe Javier Rodallega in Buenaventura.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I trust this finds you well.
I wish to share with you my profound sadness and concern over the recent murder of Emilsen Manyoma, human rights defender with the CONPAZ network and leader of the Bajo Calima Community Council, in Buenaventura.
Although the events in question are still under investigation, the Inter-church Justice and Peace Commission has reported that her body, together with that of her husband Joe Javier Rodallega, was found lifeless, beheaded and with multiple stab wounds yesterday, 17th January, at dawn in the El Progreso neighbourhood, of commune 10 in Buenaventura. Different sources suggest that both had been picked up on Saturday night in a taxi which took them to Las Palmas neighbourhood, where contact with them was lost.
