Gay al mawsil, iraq

In , Raad al-Maliki sought penalties of life imprisonment and death for gay people. The bill, which amends a anti-prostitution law, eventually passed, though with lesser penalties.

The most well documented and virulent recent cases of violence against LGBT people in Iraq were the executions carried out in areas controlled by the Islamic State group.

Armed groups in Iraq, including the police and one of the country's most powerful militias, attack LGBT people with impunity, a new report says.

He describes being LGBTQ in Iraq as “extremely dangerous.” He notes rampant discrimination and even “killing campaigns” against gay Iraqi civilians, and notes that in alone the nation documented killings of LGBTQ people, with no one ever held accountable for the deaths as crimes.