Bilingual Newsletter
| April 2006 |
Police Abuse Widespread Against LGBT Communities in the United States
Police mistreatment and abuse of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) people are widespread in the United States and go largely unchecked
due to underreporting and unclear, under-enforced or non-existent policies
and procedures. There is a heightened pattern of misconduct and abuse of
transgender individuals and all LGBT people of color, young people, immigrants,
the homeless and sex workers by police.
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Action | Read
more | Download
the "Stonewalled" report (pdf). »
Ensure Safety of Gay and Transgender Detainees
Amnesty International is concerned that the recent decision by the New York
City Department of Correction to close the so called “gay and trans
housing” unit at the Rikers Island jail will expose gay men, transgender
women and gender non-conforming detainees to a significant risk of violence,
including sexual assault by other inmates.
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Interview: Luis Mandoki and Oscar Torres Talk About "Innocent
Voices"
In
this interview Luis Mandoki, director, and Oscar Torres, writer, talk about
"Innocent
Voices," a film that tells the true story of an 11 year-old boy who
is caught in the middle of the civil war in El Salvador in the 1980s. Read
more. »
Latest News
USA:
UN Human Rights Council: New website to monitor candidates' human rights
records.
Worldwide:
Death Penalty: 20,000 on death row across the world
Guatemala:
Forced Evictions on the Rise
Use Your Voice for Human Rights
Amnesty International is an organization with a membership of almost 2 million
people around the world with one goal, protecting and preserving the human
rights of all people. Watch this video and learn why Amnesty International
is an organization worth knowing about, worth supporting and worth being
a part of.
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