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    In first, an Argentine court convicts ex-officers of crimes against trans women during dictatorship

    by Dbora Rey Mar 27, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

    Judges overseeing a high-profile human rights trial in Argentina convicted 11 former officials of crimes against humanity on Tuesday, in the first case to focus on the former military dictatorship's overlooked practice of committing sexual violence against transgender women.

    The trial at the court in La Plata, a southern suburb of the capital, spanned nearly four years and added new details and insight to previously chronicled atrocities, deepening the nation's understanding of its traumatic history. Transgender plaintiffs took the

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