Iraq to execute prisoners because of the “crime” of being gay
Tuesday March 31, 2009

Iraq to execute prisoners because of the “crime” of being gay

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Urgent action is needed to halt the execution of 128 prisoners on death row in Iraq. Many of those awaiting execution were convicted for the ‘crime’ of homosexuality, according to Iraqi-LGBT, a UK based organisation of Iraqis supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Iraq.

According to Ali Hili of Iraqi-LGBT, the Iraqi authorities plan to start executing them in batches of 20 from this week.

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