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Baghdad, Iraq—When Saif Ali fled Iraq last year to escape threats and abuse over his sexual orientation, he always dreamed of someday returning.
“After the law, it has become impossible for me to even visit . This is what breaks my heart,” said 26-year-old Ali. The legislation has been condemned by rights groups as an “attack on human rights,” which reinforces an environment where queer and gender-diverse people have long faced attacks and discrimination.It also drew condemnation from Western countries including the United States, while the United Nations said it was “alarmed” by the law, which “runs contrary to several human rights treaties and conventions ratified by Iraq.
Before he left Iraq, Ali’s family forbade him from going out of the house for two years because of his “appearance” and for not being a “standard man.”Members of the LGBTQ community are already “exposed to various types of violence, such as murder, rape, kidnapping, and extortion”, said Ali, founder of the Gala for LGBTQ group.Prior to the adoption of the law, the LGBTQ community was prosecuted under vague morality clauses in Iraq’s penal code.
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