Everything You Need To Know
You don’t even need to be gay or lesbian in Iraq to be in mortal danger from the Iraqi Police force. The latter have been mounting an aggressive campaign against anyone who is merely, by rumour, suspected to be gay…
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Iraqi LGBT’s new website was launched June 12 2010 at Habibi Club London. The website has been developed Pro Bono by Second Variety, “a web company with a difference”, with particular thanks to Jamie Archer and Erez Odier, as well as Paul Canning…
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GILLIBRAND, BALDWIN TO SEC. CLINTON: SAVE LGBT REFUGEES LGBT Individuals Tortured and Killed in Iraq in 2009 No Proper Investigations, No Arrests for Crimes Against LGBT Individuals in Iraq Take Action to Enforce Human Rights Laws to Protect Members of…
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The following messages were posted to the Euro-Queer and GaysWithoutBorders mailing lists. Ali Hili and Iraqi LGBT send their thanks to Peter Tatchell, HIVOS and our friend Doug Ireland for making this happen. Thanks and appreciation to every individual…
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Iraqi militias infiltrate internet gay chatrooms to hunt their quarry – and hundreds are feared to be victims. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/13/iraq-gays-murdered-militiasSitting on the floor, wearing traditional Islamic clothes and holding an old notebook, Abu Hamizi, 22, spends at least six hours a…
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BBC World Service ‘Newshour’ (audio). Includes interview with Iraqi LGBT’s Ali Hili BBC Radio Four ‘Today’ (audio): Gay killings ‘normal’ in Iraq CBC (Canada) interviews Tom Porteous, London director of Human Rights Watch:QuickTime Real Media Huffington Post: Iraqi Gays Targeted, Brutally Killed: Human Rights Watch…
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£24,000 donated by public, Iraqi LGBT accounts to 31 May shows Iraqi LGBT, the London-based group that support gay, lesbian and transgender Iraqis, received just over £60,000 in donations in the year to May 2009, the accounts published this morning…
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Embassy statement ‘offensive and insulting’ Iraqi lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people (LGBT) has spoken of their deep anger and offence at a statement by the Baghdad US Embassy concerning the violence and murder campaign against gays. In a response…
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What terrific reporting from Aasmah Mir in Gay Life After Saddam (BBC Radio 5 Live). It looked at the grim reality for gay, lesbian and transgender people living in Iraq, and the reasons for this savage new persecution. In a…
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