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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 arms 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 underneath medical statement, suffered accidents within the left a part of her face, the spokesperson for the NGO wrote on Facebook.
The San Rafael de Tunja University 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 demise threats since 2022, which led the nation’s National Protection Unit to approve a security protocol to guard her final September.
But the Boyacense Feminist Platform has accused Tunja’s native authorities of leaving Cardozo uncovered by activating the protection protocol too slowly.
Tunja’s Mayor, Alejandro Funeme, stated the protocol was carried out late on February 14, as a result of lack of funds.
Local police are investigating the incident and dealing to establish the attacker, who faces a prices of femicide.
Women and human rights defenders are notably in danger in Colombia. In 2022, 614 instances of femicide had been reported, in response to Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office.
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.
Source: www.cnn.com