As the murder campaign targeting Iraqi gays intensifies, a leading Arabic television network last week revealed the use of a horrifying new form of lethal torture against Iraqi gay men - anti-gay Shiite death squads are sealing their anuses with a powerful glue, then inducing diarrhea, which leads to a painful and agonizing death.
The use of this stomach-turning new torture was first reported by the Al Arabiya network, which is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates and was alerted to the story by a leading Iraqi feminist and human rights activist.
In the memory of Du’a Khalil Aswad and in condemnation of the flogging in
public of a 17 year old girl in Pakistan
By Houzan Mahmoud
07/04/2009
Du’a Khalil Aswad, a sweet 17 year old girl from Iraqi Kurdistan was publicly
stoned to death in the town of Bashiqa before 1000 men. None of them did
anything to stop the stoning; on the contrary they rejoiced at the killing and
took footage of the carnage on their mobile phones.
Du’a wasn’t from a Muslim background, she was a Yazidi, but she feel in love
with a Muslim boy.
2 of the women on death row were taken out of the Extreme Protection prison in Kadhimiya-Baghdad and were not returned a few days ago.
CNN's reporter Arwa Daemon has thanfully taken on the mission of interviewing the Minister of Justice apon this matter. The deputy of the Minister tried to deny the whole matter of excutions. OWFI has had previous encounters with this deputy who tried to dismiss our activists meeting with official in 2006 regarding rapes of female inmates.
Other NGOs and political organizations have followed into the steps of the campaign and published their dismay on the execution of Iraqi women. Iraqi televisions aired the statement today.
