Colombia: Human rights activist’s controversial death amid wave of threats
February 26, 2013
Colombia: Human rights activist’s controversial death amid wave of threats
For years Angélica Bello, a human rights defender from Colombia, rarely spent a day alone – that would have been, simply, too dangerous.
A number of threats against her because of her job helping the many survivors of sexual violence – women caught up in Colombia’s long-running armed conflict - meant that it was too dangerous for the 45-year-old mother of four to travel alone.
In 2000, two of her daughters were kidnapped and kept as sexual slaves by paramilitaries, and were only released after Angélica personally intervened.
In November 2009, she herself became the victim of sexual abuse, allegedly committed by paramilitaries in retaliation for her human rights work.
More:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/news-item/colombia-human-rights-activist-s-controversial-death-amid-wave-of-threats
