For gay people under Isis rule, isolation and fear of a cruel death
Before a crowd of men on a street in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the masked Isis group judge read out the sentence against the two men convicted of homosexuality: They would be thrown to their deaths from the roof of the nearby Wael Hotel.
He asked one of the men if he was satisfied with the sentence. Death, the judge told him, would help cleanse him of his sin.
“I’d prefer it if you shoot me in the head,” 32-year-old Hawas Mallah replied helplessly. The second man, 21-year-old Mohammed Salameh, pleaded for a chance to repent, promising never to have sex with a man again, according to a witness.
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We call it a heinous hate crime organised by this terrorist group Isis that don’t care about human rights.