The Mexico City Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued a historic recommendation on Wednesday for the Attorney General's Office to investigate the transfemicide of Paola Buenrostro with a gender perspective.
The Criminal Court No. 2 of Jujuy sentenced the murderer of Zoe Quispe to life imprisonment but ignored the request to classify it as transfemicide.
The judges of the Criminal Court of Río Gallegos unanimously sentenced Oscar Biott to life imprisonment for aggravated homicide motivated by hatred of gender identity (transfemicide). Biott, along with Angel Azzolini, was accused of murdering the young trans woman Marcela Chocobar. Azzolini was sentenced to six years in prison as the perpetrator of the crime…
Today was the fourth hearing in Río Gallegos of the trial for the murder and disappearance of the 26-year-old trans woman Marcela Chocobar.
Gala was 19 years old and in a relationship with Víctor Ezequiel Natalio Martínez. “It was a violent relationship, but she was very much in love and covered for him.”
This afternoon there were two key events in the trial: the charge was changed from simple homicide to hate crime and transfemicide; and a “repentant” witness declared that the accused Ángel Azzolini and Oscar Biott had dismembered the young woman.
Yaritza Millones López was 27 years old and had arrived from Peru 3 years ago, escaping discrimination.
By Vero Ferrari, from Lima. News updated 4/2. Trans activist Claudia Vera was shot and killed in the early hours of March 30. She was on a street in the Independencia district of Lima with a group of friends. She was 30 years old and had been working for several years as a human rights defender…
Until three days ago, Virginia and Paola were complete strangers to each other, but now they have the same goal: to denounce and clarify the murder of their mutual friend, Camila.
Outside the Tucumán Criminal Courts, protesters demanded a thorough investigation into the death of the young trans woman. The justice system pledged to develop a protocol for assisting trans witnesses and victims.
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