Human rights defender's profile: Karla Avelar from El Salvador

06.11.2017

A former ISHR trainee, Karla Avelar defends the rights of LGBTI people. She is a finalist of this year’s Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. In an exclusive interview with ISHR, she talked about her award nomination and what it means to be a trans woman and human rights defender in El Salvador.

 

 

Watch the interview here: