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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 104 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They only hate them because they ain't them.

[–] DigitalTraveler42 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well that and their racism

[–] blazeknave 2 points 6 months ago

It's a movie reference

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

And wrong religion

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

@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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

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

[–] Iceblade02 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] afraid_of_zombies 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.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Coming soon to a red state near you!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Including them being talked down from the death penalty.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Florida is already there. They've been trying to:

  • Allow the death penalty for sexual abusers
  • Make trans healthcare for children (and later, for anyone) a kind of sexual abuse
  • Reduce the number of jurors needed to give someone the death sentence
[–] afraid_of_zombies 14 points 6 months ago

Stop believing in skydaddy and save the life of a LGBT person

[–] ohwhatfollyisman 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

they're proposing to lock same-sex partners together for 15 years? why not just let them live together by themselves -- they save 15 years' worth of taxpayer money per person!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

It’s just really extreme marriage counseling

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Wow. Two stories in one day about how America brought freedom to Iraq.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Must be time to bomb them back into compliance with western values.

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The sad thing is a significant chunk of Lemmy seems to have either forgotten America's role in shaping Iraq into the way it is today or aren't aware of it at all. Satayana would be shaking his head.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Iran has been shaping them into what they are now though.

[–] FlyingSquid 9 points 6 months ago

Iran didn't "guide" them into creating a constitution that was deferential to Islam. In fact, the Ba'ath party, which was gotten rid of when Saddam was defeated, was secular. It was the U.S. that did that.

[–] Crackhappy 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do please tell me what I'm missing. Is the person I was replying to who I was essentially agreeing with also missing the same thing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Your original reply seemed like you were talking about the comment, not agreeing with it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just to be clear I was joking. I don’t want to bomb anyone ever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, and the other commenter got it, but the other other one thought that that other commenter thought you were serious. But the other other commenter was wrong; that other commenter knew you were joking. And so did I.

Man, this is getting confusing. But everyone understood your comment, at least! Lol

[–] Crackhappy 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well I was wrong about someone else being wrong but I think you're about who was wrong or right. Am I right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No, I think we're both wrong to the right.

[–] Crackhappy 1 points 6 months ago

Three rights make a left.

[–] saltesc 3 points 6 months ago

Bombing isn't really in the Iraq playbook yet.

Maybe it can be added after the latest section on insurrection sand we'll see about next time.

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