EU denounces Iraqi law threatening LGBTQ+ community with prison
The European Union has expressed concern in a recent statement after the Iraqi parliament passed new anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. The EU External Action Office suggests that the new law not only goes against the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Iraq ratified in 1971, but also violates Iraq's own Constitution. Twenty years since the first gay marriages, the fight for rights in Europe goes onThe controversial legislation imposes severe penalties, ranging from 10 to 15 years in prison for same-sex relationships, as well as lesser terms for gender-transition procedures or ad...