Human Rights Commission Condemns Kidnapping and Murder of Transgender in Honduras
Published at 10:50 am EST, August 29, 2012
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of Barbarita, a 21-year-old transgender woman, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
According to the information received, on August 2, 2012, in a remote area in Colonia San Martín, San Pedro Sula, the body of Barbarita (registered at birth as Marlon Javier Jiménez Alemán), was found with a series of bullet wounds to her face and head. Also, her hands showed signs of being tied behind her back.
According to the media, her relatives reported that four persons came to their house the day before, announcing they came as officers from the National Agency of Criminal Investigation (Dirección Nacional de Investigación Criminal), and took her, indicating she was arrested.
Honduras. - IACHR condemns murder of a transsexual in Honduras29/08/2012 - 8:54
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"The Commission recalls that the State is obliged to officially investigate such acts and punish those found responsible," the Commission said in a statement.
Besides, "the Commission urges the State to open new research that take into account whether the murder was committed because of gender expression, gender identity or sexual orientation of the victim," he added.
The Commission continues to receive information on killings, torture, arbitrary detention and other forms of exclusion and violence against lesbian, gay and transgender, bisexual and intersex, the statement said.
The Commission also noted that very often there are problems in the investigation of these crimes, "which entails, in part, that do not open research lines that take into account whether the crime was committed because of the expression of gender, gender identity or sexual orientation of the victims, "the text continued.
"The ineffectiveness of the state response promotes high levels of impunity, which in turn lead to its chronic repetition, plunging to the victims and their families in the helplessness," he said.
