IRAQIS CONTINUE TO KILL and TORTURE GAYS, LGBTs! 4 HORRIFYING VIDEOs!

August 20, 2009.
In a new report, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) says hundreds of gays have been executed in Iraq since 2004, all in the name of religion. HRW notes the threats and abuses have spread from Baghdad to Kirkuk, Najaf and Basra, although persecution remains concentrated in the capital.
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Supporters of anti-gay Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, seen in a poster at left, burn an effigy representing former U.S. President George W. Bush in central Baghdad, Iraq. Conservative Muslim clerics continue to inflame hate against gays by encouraging their flocks to commit violence against homosexuals, especially "effeminate men." April 9, 2009 photo

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As we reported earlier in our GAY LGBT NEWS ROUNDUP! MADONNA DADT OUTGAMES BRüNO, JOAN RIVERS, MILK, MORE post, homosexuals and other LGBT persons in Iraq are routinely harassed and murdered by the Iraqi army, fundamentalist Muslim militiamen loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, and even brothers and fathers who seek to “honor” their families.

Photo of Iraqi Major General Abdul-Karim Khalaf talking about how homosexuality is shunned in Iraq

Officials say part of the problem in dealing with the attacks is that victims' relatives seldom if ever provide information to the police. "They consider talking about the subject worse than the crime itself. This is the nature of our society," ministry spokesman Major General Abdul-Karim Khalaf said.

"These killings will continue, because it has simply become normal in Iraq to kill gay men," said a gay Iraqi man who did not want to be named.

Photo of a poster announcing an earlier San Francisco rally to stop violence against gays in Iraq. Watch a video of the speeches on yesterday's post here.

Read the horrifying full report at the BBC News website. Or go directly to the Human Rights Watch website to read the original August 17, 2009 press release.

Read the 67-page HRW report about the killing of gay LGBTs in Iraq, "They Want Us Exterminated!" (pictured above) here.

Watch this CNN Video Report on Gay Life in Iraq:


Here's another disturbing CNN video report: "Gay Iraqis Being Tortured and Killed":

Watch this April 2009 video by ABC On “Gay LGBT Killings in Iraq” with coverage of the San Francisco demonstration:


Check out this horrifying video of “GAY LIFE, GAY DEATH IN IRAQ” (Although it was made in 2006, it’s still relevant today, unfortunately):

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