UKRAINE
Insight recorded 2 cases of psychological violence from 2016, one committed by a medical professional and one by an
organised hate group.
A trans man started to receive threats about rape and murder because of
his trans status. Some extreme-right groups shared his photos and hate
speech towards him in social networks within their subscribers. He received
approximately 10-15 letters with threats. The administrators of the social
network replied that there was nothing of criminal nature happening and
didn’t block the offender groups and threads with the trans man’s photos.
Text: boglarka fedorko
Text review: Lukas berredo
With many thanks to Lily Cummings
for her contribution to processing the cases.
The report was developed in the framework of the ProTrans and Eastern
European Partnership projects, financed by the Federal Foreign Office
of Germany and the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights and Labor.