Is Iraq About to Execute Criminals Sentenced for Homosexuality?
More than 100 prisoners are on death row in Iraq, and officials plan to begin executing them in batches of 20. But some of them stand accused not of any real crime, but merely “being gay,” and will soon be put to death if international forces don’t step in, according to the United Kingdom’s gay rights group Iraqi-LGBT. Amnesty International has also stepped in, demanding the names of all 128 death row prisoners, which will help determine who among them received nothing close to a “fair” trial, reports UK Gay News. This, in a country where being gay is rewarded with rape by militia groups, even though the law supposedly protects gay men and women, now plans to execute citizens for their “morals.” And remember: It was just a few weeks ago Sec. of State Hillary Clinton told the European Parliament, “Human rights is and always will be one of the pillars of our foreign policy. In particular, persecution and discrimination against gays and lesbians is something we take very seriously.” Step
