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Honduras: Esdra Sosa denounces killings of LGBT people

Honduras is one of the most violent countries in Latin America with more than 3,000 homicides since the beginning of the year for a population of 9 million. In this context, LGBT women and men (lesbian, gay, bi or transgender) are particularly targeted, victims of threats, often rapes and beatings. Assaults that remain mostly unpunished. Many flee the country and try to go to the United States but also to Europe to seek asylum. Esdra Sosa is a lesbian herself, she fights in the association Arcoiris, Rainbow, in Honduras for the respect of LGBT rights. She was visiting Paris in November to sound the alarm.

Many flee the country and try to go to the United States but also to Europe to seek asylum. Esdra Sosa is herself a lesbian. She is fighting in the association Arcoiris , Rainbow, Honduras for the respect of LGBT rights. Committed to the association Arcoiris for more than twelve years, she was in Paris in November to sound the alarm.

Since 2008, the number of killings of LGBT people has increased significantly, she explains. " By November 15 of this year, we have already counted more than 326 LGBT people murdered without any of these crimes being solved, with impunity. The situation is even worse than before, with even more impunity and fewer results and investigations, and an increase in killings of LGBT people. "

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