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LGBT people in the Dominican Republic have sometimes been the targets of violence. From 2006 to 2009, official sources reported the murder of at least 14 transgender sex workers. [13] Bias-motivated crimes have also been reported against LGBT people from the middle and upper classes, including TV producer Micky Breton and Claudio Nasco. [14]
LGBTQ people in the Dominican Republic face multiple challenges. Although homosexuality between adults in private is decriminalized, LGBTQ Dominicans still endure discrimination and violence due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Stigma and violence In a 2014 poll, almost three quarters, 73%, of people in the Dominican Republic alone have said that members of the LGBTQ ...
The Dominican Republic–Haiti border is an international border between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. Extending from the Caribbean Sea in the south to the Atlantic Ocean in the north, the 391-kilometre (243 mi) border was agreed upon in the 1929 Dominican–Haitian border treaty .
The measure maintains the same level of control the Dominican Republic instituted on Oct. 16, he said, when he announced the loosening of the land border to allow essential goods and trade to ...
Same-sex marriage is illegal. [11] Transgender rights and protections are not recognized. Dominican Republic: Sexual acts among consenting adults of the same sex became legal in 1822. [11] Same-sex marriage is illegal. [27] Transgender rights and protections are not recognized. Grenada: Sexual acts among same-sex individuals is illegal. [28]
The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, part of a months-long trend that undercuts ...
Oct. 4—AUSTIN — Over the last week, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers working Operation Lone Star — the state's mission to secure our southern border and deter, detect and ...
In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed its first resolution recognizing LGBT rights, following which the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report documenting violations of the rights of LGBT people, including hate crimes, criminalization of homosexual activity, and discrimination.