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Islamic State Group Targets Gays with Brutal Public Killings

Before a crowd of men on a street in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the masked Islamic State group judge read out the sentence against the two men convicted of homosexuality: They would be thrown to their deaths from the roof of the nearby Wael Hotel. He asked one of the men if he was satisfied with the sentence. Death, the judge told him, would help cleanse him of his sin. “I'd prefer it if you shoot me in the head,” 32-year-old Hawas Mallah replied helplessly. The second man,...


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