US EditionIraq makes same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in jail
- Iraq's parliament approved a bill criminalizing same-sex relations with penalties of up to 15 years in prison, leading to condemnation by rights groups.
- The legislation also includes punishment for promoting homosexuality and gender reassignment surgery, with transgender individuals and doctors facing up to three years in jail.
- The new law, passed quietly as an amendment to an existing anti-prostitution law, imposes harsh sentences for same-sex relationships and gender-related actions, with limited exceptions for medical interventions.
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The parliament in Baghdad has amended the Prostitution Act. Anyone who enters into a homosexual relationship can now be imprisoned in Iraq for up to 15 years. A fine is added for those who “promote homosexuality in any way” in order to “protect” children as well.
Iraq criminalises LGBTQ+ relationships in 'attack on human rights'
Iraq’s parliament has passed a law criminalising same-sex relationships and trans people, with human rights advocates calling the decision an “attack on human rights”. LGBTQ+ people in the country are already often subjected to attacks and discrimination, and could now be imprisoned for a maximum of 15 years following the decision on 27 April. The parliament said the move was to uphold religious values. Amendments were made to a 1988 anti-prost…
Iraq criminalizes same sex relationships and transgender individuals
The Iraqi Council of Representatives passed a law Saturday criminalizing same sex relationships and transgender individuals. The law has garnered widespread criticism from human rights groups and diplomats across the world. The Anti-Prostitution and Homosexuality Law amends a previous law from 1988. It provides prison sentences and fines for most of its offenses. Anyone convicted of participating in a same sex relationship could face imprisonmen…
The Parliament of Iraq approved this Saturday a law that criminalizes homosexual relations with a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, in a measure that, according to Baghdad, seeks to defend religious values, but which has been condemned by LGBTI rights defenders as the last attack on this community in the country. The law seeks to “protect Iraqi society from moral depravity and calls to homosexuality that have invaded the world”, according …
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