Anti-gay attacks on rise in Iraq

Source: BBC

Page last updated at 08:57 GMT, Monday, 17 August 2009 09:57 UK

Gay Iraqi men are being murdered in what appears to be a brutal coordinated campaign involving militia forces, the group Human Rights Watch says.

It says hundreds of gay men have been targeted and killed in Iraq since 2004.

So-called honour killings also account for deaths where families punish their own kin in order to avoid public shame.

The report says members of the Mehdi Army militia group is spearheading the campaign, but police are also accused even though homosexuality is legal.

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Recently, posters appeared in Sadr City - a conservative, Shia area of Baghdad - calling on people to watch out for gay men and listing not only their names but also their addresses.

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The report, called They want us exterminated: Murder, Torture, Sexual Orientation and Gender in Iraq, says horrifically mutilated bodies of gay men have been left on rubbish tips.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8204853.stm

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http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/08/16/they-want-us-exterminated">Read the report: They want us exterminated

i.e. the freedom to kill anyone you don't really like.

God hates teh fags, doncha know. :eyes:

I'd not be surprised as it is a 'christian army' and all.