Iraq’s parliament has voted to criminalise same-sex relationships in a move widely condemned by human rights groups as the latest attack on the country’s LGBTQ+ community.
According to a copy of the legislation seen by Reuters, the law aims to “protect Iraqi society from moral depravity and the calls for homosexuality that have overtaken the world”.
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