A transgender woman and her partner, both incarcerated in the city of Concepción, were beaten and tortured by three prison guards. A year ago, the same woman was assaulted in another Chilean prison, in Antofagasta. The complaint was filed by the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh).
Tomorrow there will be rallies, soccer matches and open radio broadcasts in different parts of Argentina to demand the release and acquittal of Eva Analía “Higui” de Jesús, imprisoned since October, accused of homicide, after she defended herself against an attempted gang rape and fatally wounded one of the aggressors.
Laura Dominique Pilleri was serving a prison sentence when she became the first woman in Córdoba to obtain an ID card recognizing her gender identity. A trans woman, activist, writer, university student, and sex worker, she died in October 2015. This installation at the National University of Córdoba—also accessible online—commemorates her life and struggles with the slogan: “No one knows what a body is capable of.”
This was stated by Carolina Abregú, a representative of the Gender Advocacy Office in Malvinas Argentinas, who is in constant contact with the family of Analía de Jesús, detained at the San Martín police station since October 16. Higui is accused of "simple homicide" after defending herself against a group of men who attacked her for being a lesbian and attempted to rape her. In an interview with Presentes, Abregú referred to the letter Higui sent her from jail last January, which has recently gone viral.
Angie Velasquez was searched in public, forced to strip, subjected to police harassment, and then imprisoned in Florencio Varela. During the month she was detained, her health deteriorated. She died yesterday. The organization Otrans Argentina, of which Angie was a member, filed a lawsuit today against a judge and three prosecutors for "Aggravated homicide in conjunction with torture by action and omission and in conjunction with criminal association."
This week, the Supreme Court ruled that a transgender inmate at the Alto Hospicio prison (Iquique) may only be examined by female nursing staff. The ruling also mandates that prison officials receive training on gender identity and expression.
Following reports of abuse, a judge ordered the Buenos Aires Province Penitentiary Service to allocate an exclusive wing of Unit 32 in Florencio Varela for transgender and transvestite female inmates. This must be implemented within 20 days and will be staffed by female personnel. It is a landmark ruling that recognizes transgender and transvestite identity.
Trans and gender-diverse rights organizations are denouncing police abuses in La Plata. Legal complaints have been filed regarding two raids in February and for an investigation into the death of Pamela Macedo Pandu, who was detained in a prison in Florencio Varela.
Tomorrow there will be a demonstration in front of the Prosecutor's Office in La Plata to demand that the death of Pamela Macedo Panduro, a member of Otrans, be clarified. She died on January 1st while detained in Penal Unit No. 32 in Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Province.
“There were beatings with feet, fists, and batons inflicted by prison guards,” the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh) denounced in a statement. The Guarantee Court confirmed the events, and the inmates were transferred.
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