Tag: Iraq
Iraq’s Criminalisation of Same-Sex Relationships: A Step Backwards for LGBTQ Rights
Iraq’s parliament recently passed a law that criminalises same-sex relationships, imposing a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.
Iraq: Scrap Anti-LGBTQ Bill
Human Rights Watch stated wednesday that the Iraqi government should drop a proposed law presently before parliament that would impose the death penalty for same-sex behaviour and imprisonment for transgender expression. If passed, the measure would violate key human rights, including the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals in Iraq to freedom of expression, association, privacy, equality, and nondiscrimination.
Non-binary people get killed in Iraq
Being non-binary doesn’t break any laws in Iraq, but those who are still live in fear.
Iranian militia declares Iraq not for ‘filthy homosexuals, collaborators’
«If God wills it, we will shut down anti-government protesters squares of prostitution, humiliation… spies, scandal and abasement; eliminate them and drive them out of Iraq», the official said.
LGBTQ Radio Station Attracts Worldwide Audience…
Listeners across the globe are often risking their lives to tune into an LGBTQ radio station, based in the North East of UK.
Donald Trump’s U.S votes against UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay sex
The Trump administration has come under fire for joining with Iraq and Saudi Arabia on voting against a UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay sex.