Transgenders threaten to protest against sexual harrassment By Riaz Ahmad Published: June 16, 2012
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President Farzana alleges police supporting gangs involved in sexually assaulting them. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD IQBAL PESHAWAR:
President Farzana alleges police supporting gangs involved in sexually assaulting them. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD IQBAL
Members of the transgender community have threatened to begin a countrywide protest if sexual harassment under police protection continues.
At an address in front of the Gulbahar police station on Friday afternoon, Farzana, president of the Khwaja Sara Association Peshawar (KSAP), said that strict action must be taken against those involved in abusing eunuch dancers.
She alleged that police was supporting gangs involved in sexually assaulting them. "A man named Ijaz along with other armed men attacked the house of Shula and Anish, assaulted them and stole their mobile phones away before leaving," Farzana said.