Thursday, September 1, the prosecution opened a preliminary investigation for torture against Indonesian and Peruvian officials after death, in suspicious conditions, of a young transgender man in a Balinese hospital.
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“Justice for Rodrigo.” In recent days, family, friends and supports multiply the gatherings before the offices of the Lima prosecution, the Peruvian capital, in search of answers on the circumstances of the death of Rodrigo Ventocilla in Indonesia, young Transgender man, whose body was repatriated on Friday September 2. An autopsy is in progress.
Rodrigo Ventocilla was a 32 -year -old brilliant economist. He was pursuing studies at Kennedy School at Harvard University, the United States, and militated for a long time for the rights of trans persons. He had married Sebastian Marallano, a young transgender also, in Chile, at the end of May (the marriage for all did not exist in Peru) after seven years of relationship, before the couple flocked to the honeymoon in Indonesia, in early August. A destination from which he never returned. He died in a Bali hospital on August 11, after being detained for several days in prison in still troubled circumstances.
The family accuses transphobia police while the Indonesian authorities indicate that Mr. Ventocilla was arrested for possession of narcotics. The Peruvian prosecution specializing in human rights announced the opening of a preliminary investigation on Thursday 1 er September, for “torture” against Peruvian and Indonesian officials, in order to establish the responsibilities of those who participated in the detention of the two young spouses. The Peruvian consul in Jakarta, Julio Tenorio Pereyra, is also prosecuted. He is accused by negligence families, ignoring their calls for help and going to Bali only five days after the first detention report.
“They were kidnapped, racked and tortured,” said their friend and spokesperson Luzmo Henriquez in the Peruvian daily newspaper El Comrcio. Rodrigo’s mother, Ana Ventocilla, also confided to the student newspaper of Harvard , The Crimson, the 1 er September, that the two young men had undergone “physical and psychological violence” . Adding: “There is evidence of torture.”
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The facts date back to August 6, when the spouses arrive at Bali international airport by two separate flights. Rodrigo Ventocilla is quickly challenged, when the authorities come up against “his identity document which does not correspond to his gender identity, indicates Julio Arbizu, the lawyer for the families, to the world. This has made him suspect.” The Authorities search its luggage and discover products derived from cannabis, in the form of pills and candies. Products for which Rodrigo had a medical prescription.
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