Jyri Jaakkola, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jyri Jaakkola

Finnish activist

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1977

Place of Birth: Joensuu, Eastern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 27-Apr-2010

Profession: human rights activist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jyri Antero Jaakkola (February 11, 1977 – April 27, 2010) was a Finnish human rights activist.
He was on his way to San Juan Copala, a village of indigenous Trique people that has declared itself autonomous, as a human rights observer when he was shot dead by UBISORT, a paramilitary organization connected to Institutional Revolutionary Party.
In the attack Alberta Cariño, an activist for the local organization CACTUS, was also shot dead and more than ten people were wounded.