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Gary Martínez Gordon

HRD, Student Leader

Gary Martínez Gordon is a human rights defender and student leader in the Barranquilla municipality of Northern Colombia. 

HRDs in Colombia work in a violent and unsafe environment. They are subjected to threats, intimidation, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, physical assaults, torture, killings, illegal searches of their homes and offices and stigmatisation as a result of their activities in defence of human rights. The perpetrators of these abuses are frequently paramilitary groups, many of whom have links to the government or security services, or armed opposition groups. The continued frequent and severe threats and attacks against HRDs around the country contradict government claims of paramilitary demobilisation.

El compañero Gary Martínez Gordon interviene en el Congreso de la República