00:00And in Ecuador, the LGBTIQ plus community is picking out an international LGBTIQ plus day to denounce an alarming rise
00:07in violence and demand urgent action from the government to end impunity.
00:12Human rights organizations reported this Sunday that at least 12 members of the LGBTIQ plus community have been murdered so
00:20far in 2026 in Ecuador.
00:22Also, the RUNA CP Observatory, part of the Silhueta X Association, specified that among the fatal victims are 11 trans
00:29women and one gay man.
00:32They noted that the internal armed conflict declared by the government has disproportionately intensified violence against these vulnerable communities.
00:41They are calling on President Daniel Novoa and the National Assembly to enact legal reform to classify trans-femicide as
00:50a crime and create specialized units to investigate hate crimes.
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