Trans woman allegedly abducted, tortured and raped in Karachi

People’s Climate March took place on Sunday, December 12. On this day, the protesters were met with heavy contingents of police, and the march was blockaded and surrounded on all sides by police vans.

A trans woman was abducted on her way home, was tortured and raped to get the information regarding the march’s programme and its speechesm, The Karachi Bachao Tehreek said in a tweet. The victim was one of the organisers of the climate March.

Another tweet in a long thread read: “It is worth noting that this police violence was disproportionately directed towards a trans woman – that sexual violence was weaponized against one of the most vulnerable members of the organizing team, so that information about the march and its program could be extorted from her.”

Ministry of Human Rights in a tweet said, “Our Transgender Rights Expert, Reem, has been in touch with the relevant people including the victim’s guardian and our Ministry will be contacting Sindh Government to ensure her protection.