RUS_TREVERS_01
Person- Short description (English)
The transgender guy was robbed on the street, taking away his backpack with his things and money. Together with a friend he went to the police station to make a statement. A friend was not allowed inside the office, explaining this by saying that the victim must make a statement only personally. In the department the guy had to show his documents. After the police saw a passport designed for a woman's name, they began to behave very transfobic. They insulted and humiliated him, invited their colleagues to look at "it." They refused to accept the statement. They behaved as if he was not a victim, but a criminal. They kept him in the department for two hours, refused to give him a call to relatives, not allowed him to go out for food. In the end, they accepted the statement. In the evening he received a call from the police, was asked to go at the scene. Policeman threatened him with responsibility for disobeying the police, behaved rudely and insultingly. As a result of psychological pressure guy wrote a refusal of the statement the next day. Because of what was happening, the guy was very stressed.
- Date of incident
- Dec 2, 2016
- Type of incident
- Discriminatory incidents
- Hate speech
- Threats and/or psychological violence
- Type of perpetrator
- Police
- Public officials
- Type of location of incident
- Police station
- Country
- Russia
- Geolocation
Latitude: 61.524
Longitude: 105.3188
- Geolocation