The headless, mutilated body of a gay Syrian man has been identified by gay housemates in Istanbul who say he had been gang-raped previously.

Homophobia

The friends of Muhammad Wisam Sankari told a Turkish gay rights group, kaosgl.org, that they had been threatened by violent male gangs.

“I am so scared,” one of them said.

Mr Sankari, a refugee, arrived in Istanbul a year ago. His body was found in Yenikapi, a central district, on 25 July. No arrests have been made GhanaWeb reports.

In June Greece said : It’s safe to send gay Syrian asylum-seeker back to Turkey, this news report must be the proof Greece was out of touch with the reality. Turkey has not the best track record on human rights and with LGBT rights it’s even worse – even those are the same.

Photo By אנדר-ויק (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

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