[READ ALSO: #HateCrimes2017 Drastic increase in street attacks in Argentina] “The doctors told us that his eye exploded right there from the rock. That when he arrived at the hospital, he only had the socket,” his sister, Paula, told Presentes. After the attack, the assailant and his friends ran away. Some boys who were walking behind them—…
In the Los Olivos district of Lima province, Colunche Sosa J, a trans woman, was attacked by a man identified as Vegas Laberry A. Colunche's face was disfigured, and according to the forensic report from the Los Olivos police station where she filed the complaint, the injuries are classified as...
On Saturday, February 17, in the early morning, Milagros “Mili” Duarte (37 years old), a trans woman studying Social Work at the National University Arturo Jauretche (UNAJ) and a sex worker in Florencio Varela, was savagely beaten by a client when she tried to collect payment for her services at her home in the San Jorge neighborhood.
By Airam Fernández, from Santiago. Photos: Presentes Archive/Josean Rivera. In Chile, the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh) is the only organization that produces an annual report on the human rights situation focusing on sexual and gender diversity in the country. It has done so since 2002. The study, which corresponds to…
Human rights organizations expressed concern over the decision by prosecutor Ana Medina, head of UFI 1 in La Plata, to grant Leonardo Mendoza early release. Mendoza, 25, was arrested and charged with attempting to murder Claudia Vásquez Haro, a trans activist and president of Otrans Argentina.
By Lucas Gutiérrez Photos: courtesy of JC and SS (image taken minutes before the attack) Jonathan Castellari, the young man hospitalized following a homophobic attack on Friday in Buenos Aires, has already testified before the court and was discharged this afternoon. He remains shocked, convinced that it was not a…
Letsmar Bravo was attacked by two men who stabbed her in the chest with a piece of glass. “I was standing here peacefully, working, and two guys came and stuck a piece of glass in my chest, and the security guards didn't do anything,” she says in a video shared on social media. In 2016, there were seven homicides of transgender women and 191 reported cases of human rights violations against members of that community.
A group of four men broke into a man's home while he was sleeping and savagely beat him. They were his neighbors in a neighborhood in the city of Posadas. The victim was hospitalized and is now afraid to return home. Once he recovers, he will file a complaint with the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Racism (INADI). The attackers, aged between 18 and 27, were arrested.
The attack occurred on Friday, September 1st, and was captured on the security cameras of the Municipality of La Plata. Jhonan and Joel were waiting for the bus when they were attacked and insulted by more than ten young men who shouted homophobic slurs at them.
Dominique Moreau and Melannie León lived in downtown Santiago, Chile, until last Friday. They had to leave their home after three neighbors insulted them, threatened them with a gun, and vandalized the front of their house. Today they will file a police report, and the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh) confirmed to Presentes that it will be a plaintiff in the case.
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