HIGH PRIORITY ALLERT:
Human rights violations against LGBT persons in Brazil are
on the rise!!!
The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights condemns hate-crimes
perpetrated against the community of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered
persons in Brazil.
And attacks against LGBT people in Brazil are on the rise.
According to data published by the Secretariat of Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic or A Secretaria dos Direitos Humanos (SDH),
278 people were killed because of their sexual orientation or gender identity
in 2011.
In 2010, according to the numbers computed by the non-profit
organization Grupo Gay da Bahia (GGB), the number of LGBT homicides was
260.
The Inter-American
Commission of Human Rights (IACHR)
of the Organization of American States
(OAS)
has condemned the rising level of homophobia in Brazil for the third time this
year.
Meanwhile, president Dilma Rousseff who swore to protect
human and civil rights and to further the wellbeing of all Brazilian citizens
while in office, remains in total silence regarding this matter.
However, not only the executive branch but also the
Brazilian Congress has also not commented on the subject; nor have the
president of the Brazilian Senate, nor the head of the Brazilian House of Representatives;
furthermore, neither any of the presidents of the different Human Rights Commissions.
Here are some additional primary sources of information.
Please note that the latest related document (in Portuguese
only) was obtained today on July 19, 2012, and it is as follows (please see the
link right below):
Relatório sobre a
Violência Homofóbica no Brasil: o ano de 2011
or
Report about Homophobic Violence in Brazil: the year of 2011.
or
Report about Homophobic Violence in Brazil: the year of 2011.
Further supporting documents previously obtained:
Press release
IACHR Condemns Murder of Gay Adolescent in Brazil
IACHR Condemns Murder of Gay Adolescent in Brazil
July 16, 2012
Washington, D.C. – The Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of Lucas Ribeiro Pimentel,
a 15-year-old adolescent who self-identified as gay, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Full text here (in English): http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2012/089.asp
Press Release
IACHR Condemns Attack and
Murder Based on Perceived Sexual Orientation in Brazil
July 11, 2012
Washington, D.C. – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder in Brazil of José Leonardo Da Silva, in the context of an attack against him and his brother, José Leandro Da Silva, on the part of persons who perceived them as homosexuals.
Full text here (in English):
http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2012/084.asp
Press Release
IACHR Condemns Murder of Two
Trans Women in Brazil
July 6, 2012
Washington, D.C. – The Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of two trans women during the last
week of June 2012 ini Brazil: an unidentified person in Pinhais, Curitiba,
State of Parana, and Camila de Mink in Baurú, State of São Paulo.
Full text here (in English):
http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2012/079.asp
Press Release
IACHR Urges States to End
Homophobia and Transphobia
May 17, 2012
Washington, D.C. - On the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urges states to adopt and implement the steps necessary to eradicate discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
Full text here (in English):
http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2012/051.asp
EN ESPAÑOL:
Atención: Rita Colaço / Rio de Janeiro, R.J., Brasil
http://comerdematula.blogspot.com.br/2012/07/brasil-comision-interamericada-de.html
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