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Colombian human rights activist Ingrid Vergara has been subjected to intimidation through a particularly vulnerable target: her young daughter. On April 2, 2008, unknown persons outside her school reportedly told the 12-year-old girl, "We're going to kill you for the work your mother is doing."

Vergara works with victims of state crimes and recently helped organize a nationwide demonstration against paramilitary violence. This attack is particularly alarming because it focused on Vergara's young child, an example of the kind of threats that women human rights defenders frequently face.

This is not the first time that Vergara or her daughter have been threatened, in a clear attempt to deter her from performing vital human rights advocacy.

Please demand that the Colombian authorities provide adequate protection for Ingrid Vergara and her daughter and that it investigate the threats made against her.