Human Rights Watch: Hundreds of Gays Executed in Iraq Since '04

A new report from Human Rights Watch demands that the Iraqi government crack down on the executions of gay men in the country, saying that hundreds have been killed since 2004: "Although the scope of the problem remains unclear, hundreds.
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Iraq ‘killing campaign’ targets gay men

  Graffiti in a Najaf neighborhood says, “Death to the People of Lot”, using a derogatory term in Arabic for men who engage in homosexual conduct, derived from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Torture and execution of Iraqi gays on rise: HRW

ABC News Torture and execution of Iraqi gays on rise: HRWAFP"This report... documents a campaign of violence against men in Iraq who are suspected of being gay or who simply don't act masculine enough in the eyes of .
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Human Rights Watch: Iraqi gays tortured and killed

(Baghdad)  Militiamen are torturing and killing gay Iraqi men with impunity in a systematic campaign that has spread from Baghdad to several other cities, a prominent human rights group said in a report.
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Gay Men Targeted In Iraq, Report Says

Gay Men Targeted In Iraq, Report SaysWashington Post16 -- Human Rights Watch will urge in a report to be released Monday that the Iraqi government do more to protect gay men, saying militiamen have killed and .
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Gay Men Targeted In Iraq, Report Says

BAGHDAD, Aug. 16 -- Human Rights Watch will urge in a report to be released Monday that the Iraqi government do more to protect gay men, saying militiamen have killed and tortured scores in recent months as part of a social cleansing campaign.
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Censorship Returns To Iraq, Ctd

And not just for books: [T]he Iraqi government moves to ban sites deemed harmful to the public, to require Internet cafes to register with the authorities [.
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Military adviser: "after six years in Iraq, we now smell bad to the Iraqi nose."

Time to wrap this thing up says a top military adviser. Long past time to wrap this thing up say a lot of Americans and Iraqis: A senior American military adviser in Baghdad has concluded in an unusually blunt memo that the Iraqi forces suffer from deeply entrenched deficiencies but are now capable of protecting the Iraqi government, and that it is time “for the U.
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Militias target some Iraqis for being gay

BAGHDAD — The young man turns to the camera and pleads with his tormentors.

"I'm not a terrorist," he tells the Iraqi police who surround him.
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Militias target some Iraqis for being gay

At least 82 gay men have been killed in Iraq since December, according to Iraqi LGBT. The violence has raised questions about the Iraqi government's ability to protect a diverse range of vulnerable minority groups that also includes Christians and Kurds, especially following the withdrawal of U.
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Holiday declared in Iraq as US troops leave cities

It's a holiday, but people aren't exactly in the streets celebrating. But, finally, there's been a first major step towards getting U.
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US State Department condemns killings of Iraqi gays

The US State Department has strongly condemned the reported killings of gay men in Iraq. In a department press briefing on Wednesday, spokesman Ian Kelly confirmed that the US embassy in Baghdad has raised the issue with Iraqi government officials.
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U.S. State Department Condemns Anti-Gay Violence in Iraq

Yesterday, the United States officially condemned the increasing violence towards the gay community in Iraq, which has spiked since the beginning of the Iraq War.
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US condemns anti-gay violence in Iraq

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday condemned alleged violence and abuse against homosexuals in Iraq, adding the US embassy in Baghdad has raised the issue with Iraqi government officials.
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LGBT group claims Iraq is waging a 'campaign of violence and murder' against gays

An Iraqi gay group has said it has evidence the Iraqi government is involved with militia groups advocating violence and murder towards gays.
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