The State Department’s latest country human-rights reports, released April 19, reveals to a range of serious abuses directed at LGBT populations in every region, according to a press release from the Council for Global Equality.
The reports cite numerous instances of government officials’ complicity in LGBT abuse. For instance:
—In Jamaica, prison wardens reportedly were involved in numerous incidents of violence against gay inmates.
—In Chile, gay prisoners were denied access to hygienic services.
—In Libya, a government-affiliated brigade arrested, detained, and beat 12 allegedly gay men who were at a private party.
The 2012 reports also underscore infringements of the rights of transgender people, including cases of extreme violence and targeted killings.
To read the full report, see www.globalequality.org/newsroom/latest-news/1-in-the-news/184-humanrightsreports2012.