Iraq: Impunity for Violence Against LGBT People

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image © 2022 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch (Baghdad) – Armed groups in Iraq abduct, rape, torture, and kill lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, with impunity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today with IraQueer. The police arrest and also carry out violence against them. March 23, 2022 “Everyone Wants Me Dead” Killings, Abductions, Torture, and Sexual Violence Against LGBT People by Armed Groups in Iraq Download the full report in English Annex I: Letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Annex II:…

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