Hondura's Human Rights Issues!

The Human Rights Watch recently, in January, wrote a letter to President Porfirio Lobo Sosa saying that an issue from 2009 has been repeated in the last two months. In 2009, there were reports of violence towards transgender people because of their sexual orientation. Since then there have been 34 reported homicides of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, particularly of transgender women.

The Human Rights Watch called the Presidents attention because what is happening are not accidents. In the last two months there have been six murders of transgender women. The women have been tortured before being killed and no arrest has been taken by the police in these crimes. Honduras is a party to the Internation Convenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which affirms the equality of all people. The UN Rights Committee concluded that Honduras must take action to adopt legal policies to protect its most vulnerable groups and investigate the violence and abuse. They also called on Honduras to investigate and prosecute those responsible. Honduras has to fulfill the promise of equality and non-discrimination.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Article 7. All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are titled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

I personally give a lot of thought and criticism when it comes to this problem. Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people are no different than the rest of the people. This is an act racism and discrimination, and others should know about this problem that is happening in the country of Honduras. This is totally unacceptable, and all the people from the LGBT community are scared to be themselves, thinking they could be killed in the streets. This kind of discrimination happens all the time because some people (extremists) from religions take things to a whole new level. This is a serious problem the country of Honduras is facing and needs to stop, and the people that are committing these crimes need to pay the price.

Murder of Transgender Women
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