Tag: Syria
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.
Historic UN Briefing on LGBT People Focuses on Persecution and Killings in Iraq and Syria
During an historic briefing before the U.N. Security Council on violence against LGBT by ISIS, Jessica Stern, executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), urged world governments to act urgently to support people targeted by extremist persecution and cruel acts in Iraq and Syria.
Syria refugee : Outed by his brother – raped by six men
In a refugee camp in Jordan – 21 years old Hamood is living. He is gay and fled from Syria because of his sexual orientation. But the life in Jordan is almost as difficult.