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MEPs Request the European Union to Act in Protection of Transgender People in Honduras
 

BRUSSELS, January 29, 2009  –  Sixteen members of the European Parliament have today sent a Parliamentary Question to the European Commission and the European Council expressing their concerns about recent murders of transgender people in Honduras and particularly the human rights defender Cynthia Nicole Moreno.

The MEPs ask: “Has the European Commission discussed or have the intention to discuss the on-going violence against transgender people with Honduras´ authorities?”

Members of the European Parliament noted the fact that police in Honduras have been very reluctant to investigate murders and violence against transgender people.

Three transgender women have been killed in recent month, but police have not found any of the perpetrators and NGOs working in the field say that there is a great risk that the perpetrators will never be found because of the negligence of the police.

In a separate question to the European Council, the Euro MPs asked if the Council will put pressure on Honduras to protect transgender human rights defenders taking into account the Czech Presidency’s declared priority to support human rights defenders in the world.

The Parliamentary Question has been signed by MEPs Michael Cashman, Raúl Romeva, Sophie In´t Veld, Lissy Gröner, Kathalijne Buitenweg, Jean Lambert, Bairbre de Brún, Catherine Stihler, Caroline Lucas, Glenys Kinnock, Eva-Britt Svensson, Gary Titley, John Bowis, Sarah Ludford, Britta Thomsen and Richard Corbett.

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