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Gay Iraqis Fear for Their Lives

Human Rights Watch attempts to save persecuted gays from murder

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 5, 2009 4:41 PM CDT

(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...   Read full story »

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