Murdered human rights defender working on LGBTI rights Walter Trochez

Across the country, human rights defenders from various organisations working on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) rights have been targeted by threats, surveillance, kidnappings, intimidation and killings. Despite these threats the defenders of the LGBTI community continue to work for progress in this extremely dangerous environment. LGBTI defenders in Honduras are doubly discriminated against. They are discriminated firstly because they are human rights defenders and secondly because they defend LGBTI rights.

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So far in 2010 30 members of the LGBTI community have reportedly been killed in Honduras and there are several documented cases of LGBTI defenders fleeing the country to seek asylum because of very real threat to their lives. The campaign against the LGBTI community is becoming increasingly violent for both individuals and organisations.

These individuals and organisations put their lives at risk every day in order to promote and progress the rights of others.

A violent and aggressive culture has developed against these defenders in Honduras making it very difficult for them to carry out their work. Human rights defender working on LGBTI rights, Walter Trochez was murdered on December 13th 2009.

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