Honduras: Investigate Murders of Transgender Women
Six Murders in Sixty Days; Zero Arrests
January 31, 2011
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/01/31/honduras-investigate-murders-transgender-women The government needs to act urgently to fulfill its obligations under international treaties and swiftly arrest and bring to trial those responsible for these murders. It is up to the government to fulfill its commitment to protect the rights of all Hondurans regardless of their gender identity and sexual orientation.
Dipika Nath, researcher in the LGBT Rights program at Human Rights Watch
(Tegucigalpa) - The Honduran government should ensure a prompt and thorough investigation of the recent murders of transgender women and bring those responsible to justice, Human Rights Watch and Red Lésbica Cattrachas, a Honduran lesbian rights organization, said today. Six transgender women have been murdered in Honduras since November 29, 2010, with the latest killing on January 17, 2011.
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Appeal to President Porfirio Lobo Sosa to Investigate Recent Murders of Transgender Women in Honduras
January 31, 2011
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/01/31/appeal-president-porfirio-lobo-sosa-investigate-recent-murders-transgender-women-honDear President Porfirio Lobo Sosa,
Human Rights Watch is one of the world's leading organizations dedicated to defending and promoting the fundamental rights of all people around the world. We investigate and expose human rights violations in over 90 countries around the world and seek to have perpetrators held accountable.
Today, I write on behalf of Human Rights Watch to urge you to ensure prompt and effective investigations into the recent spate of murders of transgender women in Honduras and to publicly condemn verbal, physical, and sexual violence against lesbians, gay men, and transgender people.
