A court in Argentina has convicted 11 former military, police, and government officials of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s last dictatorship in a sprawling trial that heard, for the first time, about atrocities suffered by trans women. The three-year case focused on the forced disappearances, torture, rapes, and homicides that occurred at or […]
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In first, an Argentine court convicts ex-officers of crimes against trans women during dictatorship
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Judges overseeing a high-profile human rights trial in Argentina convicted 11 former officials of crimes against humanity on Tuesday, in the first case to focus on the former military dictatorship’s overlooked practice of committing sexual violence against transgender women. The trial at the court in La Plata, a southern suburb […]