Iraqueer statment

​The amendment of law 8 of the year 1988 is a flagrant and serious violation of human rights in Iraq and giving legitimacy to the systematic killings led by armed groups
 
IraQueer’s Statement on the First Amendment to the Anti-Prostitution Law
At a time when countries are trying their best to provide the best services to their citizens, including the enactment of laws that guarantee freedom and equality for all, without discrimination due to race, gender, language or religion, we are surprised today by the Iraqi Council of Representatives voting on the proposal of the First Amendment law to the Anti-Prostitution Law in violation of the Iraqi constitution, which states:
First
B- It is prohibited to enact a law that contradicts with the principles of democracy
C- It is prohibited to pass a law that contradicts with the fundamental rights and freedoms contained in this Constitution
 
Article 14
Iraq citizens are equal in the law without discrimination on the bases such sex, race, nationality, origin, color, religion, sect, belief, opinion, economic or social status.
To legislate of such a law gives legitimacy to armed groups in order to continue targeting homosexuals, but this time under the authority of the law, and also a clear justification for their work over the years, the article of the campaigns of murder and torture
The LGBT+ community in Iraq is being subjected to a genocide that began in 2009 when armed groups killed tens of LGBT+ individuals of in the streets of Baghdad and other cities in front of the attention of the government without any serious action by the government to protect them, followed by the killing and torture campaigns carried out by ISIS in Mosul and the areas it controlled, and the killing, torture and brutality by outlaw groups continues. IraQueer, in cooperation with Human Rights Watch, documented cases of attempted murder, killings, sexual violence, including rape, and online harassment against members of the LGBT+ community by Iraqi armed groups in addition to the cases of murder and torture of LGBT+ people by their parents or clans that were followed by media campaigns that linked many of the disasters happening in the world to homosexuality without having any serious government move to stop those shady campaigns, and the last of those campaigns has been the unfair, dangerous, and violating human rights in Iraq the Syrian law issued by the Iraqi Council of Representatives today
At the same time, the Iraqi government has not taken any significant steps to protect LGBT+ people or provide legal guarantees against discrimination. As a result, LGBT+ people in Iraq face significant challenges in accessing healthcare, employment and housing, as they are often disadvantaged or marginalized.
We, in IraQueer, affirm that we are continuing our work and no force will dissuade us from demanding our rights and equality with the rest of the members of the Iraqi society and respect us as human beings who have the right to live in freedom and dignity. We also call on the House of Representatives to withdraw this decision and pay attention to the issues that are important that concern the citizens of Iraq, which have been stalled for years in the House of Representatives
We also call on the international community and international governments to support Iraq in its issues and stand firmly against the legislation of such a law and work with us in order to use all the necessary ways to stop this law, at the same time, we remind that Iraq is part of the international community and issuing such type of laws is a clear violation of the international agreements signed by Iraq, including:
 

• The International Covenant on civil and political rights violation of 1971, Article 2, first
• International Convention on the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid
• International Convention on the elimination of forms of racial discrimination