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Amendments to anti-prostitution law also enable courts to sentence trans people to three years in prison

Iraq’s parliament has passed a bill making same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in prison, in a move condemned as an “attack on human rights”.

Transgender people will also be sentenced to three years in jail under the amendments to a 1988 anti-prostitution law, which were adopted during a session attended by 170 out of 329 lawmakers on Saturday.

A previous draft had proposed capital punishment for same-sex relations, in what campaigners had called a “dangerous” escalation. The new amendments enable courts to sentence people to between 10 and 15 years in prison, according to the document seen by AFP, in a country where gay and transgender people already face frequent attacks and discrimination.

They also set a minimum seven-year prison term for “promoting” same-sex relations and a sentence ranging from one to three years for men who “intentionally” act like women.

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 104 points 6 months ago

Its weird republicans hate middle eastern people so much. These guys are enacting the laws they wish they had.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 38 points 6 months ago

They only hate them because they ain't them.

[-] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago
[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It's a movie reference

[-] goferking0 7 points 6 months ago

And wrong religion

[-] mycathas9lives@mstdn.plus 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

@Sanctus @MicroWave

Do you remember the Dave Chappel skit where a blind black man was a white supremacist and joined the KKK?

He did not understand why they wanted to kill him because he thought he was just like them.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

that KKK also had a gay man at their meeting. his head exploded

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Not to me. People can agree and not like each other. For example both me and another man can agree that X belongs to someone, X is very desirable to have, and that X's ownership is in dispute between me and someone else.

Christians and Muslims agree on many things that doesn't mean less conflict it means more.

[-] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Made me think of this video by darkmatter2525 (beware, it's kindof offensive, but also funny)

https://youtu.be/KYV7KWQ-fY4

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