IDAHOT 2015 country report: Burundi

Humure, one of the few LGBT organisations in central African country of Burundi, where homosexuality is harshly punished by law (some few years ago a bill was introduced to punish it with life sentence), plans  on organising discussions with the 5 major Human Rights defense organisations in the country.
The organisation will also organise a meeting of the transgender community from rural areas, who are particularly vulnerable to social stigma, discrimination and violence, and who experience extreme isolation.
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