28/03/2009 | Writer: KAOS GL
March 13, 2009
Bia news center - Istanbul
Bawer CAKIR
LGBT Rights Platform condemns the killing and protests the government, which refuses to acknowledge demands for constitutional equality based on sexual orientation.
According to news reports, a murder suspect is turned in to the Eyup police by his father. Nevertheless, police officials declined to confirm this information to bianet. Neighbors are said to have reported a fight in Pirinc's house to the police. When officers arrived at the scene, they found her body. When an ambulance failed to show up, her friends arranged for a special service. Pirinc was taken to Taksim Hospital but didn't survive.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Platform (LGBT Rights) will make a press statement in front of Pirinc's house tomorrow at 01.00 pm.
"Violence towards transgender individuals is on the rise. Without an amendment of the Constitution's article on equality to include sexual orientation and sexual identity, our lives will continue to be under threat," the platform said in a written statement.
"For years now, we have insisted that transgender murders are political murders. A political power which resists to introduce hate crimes in the penal code, which refuses to see demands for constitutional equality in a country where murderers are let off with deductions of penalty in a system in which killing a transgender individual is made such easy deserves to be protested to the end."
Feminist and socialist groups condemned the incident and expressed support. Lastly, Dilek Ince was murdered in Ankara on November 10, 2008.
Original Link of this News Article: Transgender Murder in Istanbul
Tags: human rights
