'After her statement I don't feel safe' - Trangender woman whose brother was killed by a mob hits out at Home Secretary
After going into hiding, Hiba told how she was kidnapped and beaten twice and threatened with mutilation.
Speaking to the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC on Tuesday, Ms Braverman said: “There are vast swathes of the world where it is extremely difficult to be gay, or to be a woman. Where individuals are being persecuted, it is right that we offer sanctuary. “I feel really, really angry. I feel really down. If you slap me maybe I will forget one day, but your words are more harsh.”in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in 2022, according to Human Rights Watch, with Hiba saying dozens have been murdered in the last six months.
“How can you say that transgender or the LGBTQI community cannot get protection? She’s playing with our emotions. She’s considering that we are not human beings.
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