Trans activist who was taunted and mocked after being shot dies in hospital

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Trans activist who was taunted and mocked after being shot dies in hospital

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/05/25/trans-activist-who-was-taunted-and-mocked-after-being-shot-dies-in-hospital/

Pink News/Bea Mitchell  25th May 2016, 1:48 PM

"The activist died at a Pakistani hospital following a shooting and delays in medical care.
After being shot seven times, trans activist Alisha, aged 23, died yesterday.
However, before as they reached the hospital, friend and fellow activist, Farzana Jan, said a crowd – including male hospital workers – circled and taunted them outside the emergency room."

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Alesha TransAction Alliance Activist Murdered Janaza and Protests Planned

http://planettransgender.com/alesha-peshawar-transaction-alliance-activist-murdered/

Planet Transgender/Added by Kelli Busey on May 25, 2016.

"Alesha, TransAction Alliance Provincial coordinator of the Peshawar District, Pakistan, died this morning. Alesha was shot eight times yesterday and quickly brought to the hospital by friends, but the doctors refused to treat her. They said that they wouldn't admit her to the ER and told her friends that they had no beds in the hospital for a transgender person.

Alesha was put into a hallway until the mayor of Peshawar came to the hospital and got her a room. But the mayor wouldn't have come to the hospital and we may have never heard of this if not for a single Express Tribune article."

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Police arrest man suspected of shooting trans activist in Pakistan who died in hospital

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/05/28/police-arrest-man-suspected-of-shooting-trans-activist-in-pakistan-who-died-in-hospital/

Pink NewsJoseph Patrick McCormick   05/28/2016

"Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting a trans activist who died in hospital from her injuries, after staff deliberated over which ward to place her in.
The trans activist named Alesha died in Peshawar's Lady Reading Hostpital amid the ordeal. She had been shot at least six times, and later died from her injuries."