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July 27, 2018

Lithuania: UN committee calls on the country to investigate CIA prison suspicions, ensure LGBTI rights

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LGBTQI Lithuania

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has called on Lithuania to fully investigate suspicions that a secret CIA prison operated in Lithuania.

July 15, 2018

Argentina: confirman que el preso transgénero no desea ir a una cárcel de mujeres

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South America LGBTQI Argentina

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May 22, 2018

Colombia: de la cárcel a la CIDH, una transgénero empoderada

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LGBTQI Colombia

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May 15, 2018

États-Unis : les droits des personnes trans en prison gravement menacés par l'administration Trump

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LGBTQI United States

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May 3, 2018

USA: a transgender inmate says she was raped in a 'discriminatory and dangerous' Colorado men's prison

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LGBTQI United States

A transgender inmate who is suing Colorado’s corrections agency says she was raped at a men’s prison hours after a federal judge denied her request to block the prison from keeping her in a disciplinary unit, according to court records and the woman’s attorney.

February 13, 2018

Diren, détenue trans en Turquie, en grève de la faim

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Europe LGBTQI Turkey

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January 3, 2018

L'enfer des prisons égyptiennes pour les détenus gays et trans

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Africa Middle East LGBTQI Violence Egypt

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August 24, 2017

USA: transgender prison guard says colleagues call her a freak

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LGBTQI United States

It didn’t take long for Meghan Frederick to feel the harassment she feared would come when she told her fellow correctional officers at a Sacramento prison that she identified as a transgender woman.

June 26, 2017

USA: transgender inmate says prison wrongly halted hormone meds

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LGBTQI United States

A transgender inmate at Lackawanna County Prison says she suffered physical and psychological harm because prison medical staff halted hormone medications needed to help her transition from a biological male to a female.

May 17, 2017

UK: what it’s like to be a transgender woman in a men’s prison

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LGBTQI United Kingdom

During the past 18 months, three openly transgender women have taken their own lives in custody in England: Vikki Thompson, Joanne Latham and Jenny Swift. Their deaths speak of the difficulties that transgender people face behind bars. The ongoing inquest into Thompson’s death sheds some light onto…

May 2, 2017

UK: transgender woman said she would leave male prison 'in a box'

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LGBTQI United Kingdom

Inquest hears Vikki Thompson died within a month of arriving at HMP Leeds where she was classed as being a suicide risk. A transgender woman sent to a male prison was found dead in her cell after repeatedly warning that she would leave “in a box”, a jury has heard.

January 19, 2017

USA: le cas Chelsea Manning rappelle le calvaire des personnes trans en prison

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LGBTQI United States

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September 10, 2016

États-Unis : harcelée en prison, Chelsea Manning en grève de la faim pour défendre se transsexualité

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LGBTQI United States

Afin d’obtenir les soins hormonaux nécessaires à son changement de sexe comme obtenu en justice, Chelsea Manning, incarcérée pour son rôle dans la révélation du scandale WikiLeaks, a annoncé ce samedi qu’elle arrêtait de se nourrir. “Je ne demande rien d’autre que la dignité et le respect”. Tels so…

March 24, 2016

New Zealand's transgender prisoners fear double bunking will lead to more rape

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LGBTQI New Zealand

Incarceration rates mean jails are running out of beds. But prison advocates worry transgender inmates are the ones suffering the most.

July 10, 2015

UK : watchdog calls for action over transgender prison deaths

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LGBTQI United Kingdom

Ombudsman says jails in England and Wales should be more flexible and proactive in managing such inmates. The recent deaths of several transgender prisoners underline the need for jails to be more flexible and proactive in managing such inmates, a watchdog has said.