Four young people, aged 19 and 20, attacked a transgender woman while she was returning home, hitting her with their car in Kallithea.
Earlier, they had approached the woman with their vehicle on Syngrou Avenue and verbally attacked her twice, targeting her gender identity, while throwing eggs and other objects at her. They later returned and carried out the attack with their vehicle.
Police arrested the four individuals, while the Racist Violence Division filed charges against them for, depending on the case, attempted grievous bodily harm, insult, and complicity, as well as offenses committed with racist characteristics.
According to a survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 67% of transgender women in the EU have experienced harassment.
Transgender people have faced increasing violence and harassment across the EU and Western Balkan countries since 2019, according to a report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Disinformation is cited as one of the main causes behind the phenomenon.
In 2023, an online survey involving 1,920 transgender individuals across 30 EU and Western Balkan countries found that one in three respondents had experienced physical or sexual assault within the five years preceding the survey.
Source: Καθημερινή
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