Kaos GL [News]

LGBTT Rights Platform
Press Release, Thursday, 26 March 2009, Turkey

Homophobic and transphobic violence doesn
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March 13, 2009
Bia news center - Istanbul
Bawer CAKIR

LGBT Rights Platform condemns the killing and protests the government, which refuses to acknowledge demands for constitutional equality based on sexual orientation.

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March 13, 2009

Government Should Prosecute Violence, Prohibit Discrimination

The killing of Ebru Soykan, a prominent transgender human rights activist, on March 10, 2009, shows a continuing climate of violence based on gender identity that authorities should urgently take steps to combat, Human Rights Watch said today. News reports and members of a Turkish human rights group said that an assailant stabbed and killed Ebru, 28, in her home in the center of Istanbul.
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