• Outrage in wake of Iraq gay killings

    A series of religiously-motivated murders of young Iraqis perceived to be gay or ‘emo’ has rocked human rights groups and officials monitoring the area. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) began receiving reports from...

    • Posted 432 days ago
  • New Iraq crackdown on gays

    There are growing fears that GLBT Iraqis may be facing an escalating campaign of state persecution on top of ongoing attacks by Islamist militia groups in the country. On June 16 a safe house run by the...

    • Posted 1035 days ago
  • New Iraq crackdown on gays

    There are growing fears that GLBT Iraqis may be facing an escalating campaign of state persecution on top of ongoing attacks by Islamist militia groups in the country. On June 16 a safe house run by the...

    • Posted 1037 days ago
  • Iraqi LGBT leader’s asylum fight continues

    Iraqi LGBT leader Ali Hili has received more support in his attempts to gain asylum in the UK, with American progressive organisation www.Change.org launching a petition to British Home Secretary Alan Johnson. Created by the website’s leading...

    • Posted 1140 days ago
  • Iraqi LGBT leader’s asylum fight continues

    Iraqi LGBT leader Ali Hili has received more support in his attempts to gain asylum in the UK, with American progressive organisation www.Change.org launching a petition to British Home Secretary Alan Johnson. Created by the website’s leading...

    • Posted 1140 days ago
  • UK inactive on gay Iraqi

    The UK government has refused to give priority to an application for asylum by Ali Hili, the leader of the Iraqi LGBT group, currently in exile in London. Hili’s application has been outstanding for nearly three years...

    • Posted 1152 days ago
  • UK inactive on gay Iraqi

    The UK government has refused to give priority to an application for asylum by Ali Hili, the leader of the Iraqi LGBT group, currently in exile in London. Hili’s application has been outstanding for nearly three years...

    • Posted 1152 days ago
  • Iraqi gay torture claim

    Police are torturing gay Iraqis to death by gluing their anuses shut and inducing diarrhea, according to reports emerging from Iraq. The reports, which originate from the Emirates-based media network Al-Arabiya, indicate that some captured gay men...

    • Posted 1477 days ago
  • Iraqi gay torture claim

    Police are torturing gay Iraqis to death by gluing their anuses shut and inducing diarrhea, according to reports emerging from Iraq. The reports, which originate from the Emirates-based media network Al-Arabiya, indicate that some captured gay men...

    • Posted 1478 days ago
  • Australia raises Iraq’s gay killings

    The Rudd Government has sought answers to claims that 25 men and boys were killed in anti-gay attacks in Baghdad in the last month. Concerned by media reports that homosexual men have been the target of violence...

    • Posted 1488 days ago