Femicide laws fail to protect transgender women
The femicide laws fail to protect transgender women in Colombia. They face a level of persecution that’s often hard to fathom.
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The femicide laws fail to protect transgender women in Colombia. They face a level of persecution that’s often hard to fathom.
Protesters against police brutality were met with more police brutality
Colombia's mass protests rumble on into their second month as protesters continue to face police brutality while economic fallout in the country persists.
At least 43 protesters have been killed by police and 46 people have suffered eye injuries
Colombia politician tells protesters hurt by police to ‘stop crying over one eye’ Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images After a month of protests in which 46 people have suffered eye injuries from police teargas rounds and rubber bullets, a Colombian politician has prompted outrage by saying that supporters of the anti-poverty demonstrations should “stop crying over one eye”. “Don’t fool Colombians and don’t fool the international community and stop crying over one eye,” said Paola Holguín, a senat...