Administration Urged to Press El Salvador on Protection of Transgender Citizens
February 23, 2017
February 23, 2017
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Human Rights First issued the following news release:
Following an alarming string of murders of transgender women in El Salvador, Human Rights First today called on the State Department to urge the Salvadoran government to investigate and combat bias-motivated violence in the country. Since Saturday, February 18th, three transgender women in the La Paz department of the country have been murdered by unknown assailants. Some reports from local NGOs indicate . . .
Following an alarming string of murders of transgender women in El Salvador, Human Rights First today called on the State Department to urge the Salvadoran government to investigate and combat bias-motivated violence in the country. Since Saturday, February 18th, three transgender women in the La Paz department of the country have been murdered by unknown assailants. Some reports from local NGOs indicate . . .