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Human Rights Report Condemns Violence Against LGBTQ Central Americans

HeadlineOct 09, 2020

Human Rights Watch is condemning ongoing violence against LGBTQ people in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala and denouncing the United States for denying refuge to LGBTQ asylum seekers from the region. The report, published this week, is based on over 100 interviews with LGBTQ people from the three countries as they detail brutal violence and discrimination at the hands of law enforcement, gangs and their own families.

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