Human Rights Watch attempts to save persecuted gays from murder
(NEWSER) - Iraqi society is overwhelmingly homophobic, but that prejudice took a back seat to more pressing issues while war was raging. Now, as Shia militias find themselves with time on their hands, they appear to have turned to a perceived internal problem, “to make society clean from bad things.” How can gay Iraqis avoid murder, abduction, and rape at the hands of their countrymen? Human Rights Watch, New York reports, is trying to find the answer. More»
