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On June 16, the Lithuanian parliament passed a law that includes an amendment institutionalizing homophobia and violating the rights to freedom of expression and to be free from discrimination. The President has ten days to decide whether to veto the law.
On December 20, 2008, police officers in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, allegedly beat a transgender woman, who is an HIV/AIDS activist and sex worker, after she refused to give them her money. They threatened her with death if she reported the incident. An arrest warrant is expected soon in this case. International pressure crucial. Three other transgender women in the area were killed around that same time, and no one has yet been brought to justice for those killings. Download the action Demand Protection for Transgender People in Honduras! in PDF format | Download the action Demand Protection for Transgender People in Honduras! in RTF format
