lead story - 2 men detained for allegedly burning 2 transgender women to death in Puerto Rico

Christopher Brito
CBS News

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lead story - House Members Demand Better Treatment of Detained Transgender Asylum Seekers

Ben Kesslen
NBC News Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (1750)

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civil rights - Attorneys: Honduran transgender migrant unlawfully detained

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San Francisco Chronicle

Albuquerque, NM

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Russia - Russian LGBT Activists Detained In St. Petersburg

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RFE/RL

St. Petersburg, Russia

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Sudan/Israel - NGO: STATE DETAINED SUDANESE OF DARFUR UNTIL MID-MARCH DESPITE PLEDGE

Yonah Jeremy Bob
Jerusalem Post

Sudan (map)

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Indonesia: Transgender women in Aceh detained by police

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BBC News

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Arizona: Transgender Woman Detained by ICE, Sent to Male Detention Center

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Democracy Now!

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Transgender woman says TSA detained, humiliated her over body 'anomaly'

James Queally
LA Times

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Lawsuit: Detained transgender teen treated as boy

http://www.monroenews.com

to read more, go to:  http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/oct/21/lawsuit-detained-transgender-teen-treated-boy/

ezs note:  How Connecticut of us... sorry, world... sigh...

Marine Held in Death of Transgender Woman in the Philippines

Luis Martinez
http://abcnews.go.com

to read more, go to:  http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/10/marine-held-in-death-of-transgender-in-the-philippines/

Jailed teen's advocates concerned about isolation

http://www.newsday.com/

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Transgender woman detained in Canada set to return to U.K. tomorrow (Canada)

Karolyn Coorsh
http://www.ctvnews.ca

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Gay Ugandan Activists Arrested, Detained Without Charge

SUNNIVIE BRYDUM
http://www.advocate.com/

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ezs note: Mr. Samuel K. Ganafa is being held without charge by the Ugandan government.  This is an outrage, and it must be stopped NOW.  Please e-mail the Ugandan embassy, and let them know Mr. Ganafa must be released immediately.  Furthermore, Mr. Ganafa's property must not be touched unless there is solid evidence of a crime having been committed there.  Thanks.

How social media helped foil an Arizona school shooting plot - Mike Sunnucks - http://www.bizjournals.com

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ACLU report slams Arizona's abuse of detained immigrants (hyphenmagazine)

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