Friday, October 6, 2017

SPLC Wins Asylum for Transgender Woman Who Received Death Threats in Guatemala


A transgender woman we represented through our Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative was granted asylum this week. The woman fled Guatemala last year in fear of her life. She was raped and tortured by Guatemalan police and received death threats from her coworkers because of her gender identity. She was also targeted by a drug cartel whose members killed one of her friends.

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