What’s Current: Chilean photojournalist Albertina Martínez Burgos murdered in Santiago

  • Albertina Martínez Burgos, a 38-eight-year old photographer who had been documenting the government’s attacks on its citizens, was found dead in her home in Santiago, Chile on November 21.
  • Three teenage boys admit to harassing, threatening, and attacking two women on a London bus because they were a same-sex couple.
  • A trans-identified male pedophile is suing the UK National Health Service for refusing to provide gender reassignment surgery while he indefinitely remains in prison for taking indecent photos of children.
  • Aboriginal women in Australia represent the largest and fastest-growing demographic of prisoners in the country, accounting for 34 per cent of total female prisoners despite making up two per cent of the population.
Meghan McCarty

Meghan McCarty is an undergraduate student and aspiring journalist living in the United States.