Venezuela: Possible extrajudicial execution/Fear for safety - Dayana (real name José Luis Nieves)

Index Number: AMR 53/009/2000
Date Published: 17 August 2000
Categories: Americas, Venezuela

On 29 July 2000, José Luis Nieves, a transgendered person known as Dayana, was killed in the city of Valencia, Carabobo State, in circumstances that suggest she was the victim of an extrajudicial execution. Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of other members of Valencia's transgendered community, who are reportedly at constant risk of harassment, ill-treatment and arbitrary detention.