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Dido
(user currently living in IRAQ)
posted for
gaybisexual
readers
on 22/08/2012
I need your help, because I young gay and I live in a closed society strong, my family does not know I gay, if they know about me, immediately would kill me or stoned because habits and traditions and our religion, all against me, so I live between while and another and waited fatefuldeath and stoned
Zozk
(user currently living in IRAQ)
posted for
gay
readers
on 02/01/2012
+10
Hi All
I am Gay from Kurdistan/Iraq - Sulaymaniyah
I wanna tell you some information about been gay in my country
been gay is meaning you are a very (Cheap, ridiculous)person
every one will look to you like a very dirty thing if they know you are gay.
most dangerous is if your family know , may be they will kill you direct without thinking or they will kick you out
and if the government know they will put you at Prison like you did a biggest Crime in your life .
really I am dreaming about going out and go to country like Canada or USA but it seem that will stay dream for ever
I am communication engineer and I am working in the telecommunication company , if they know may be I'll be Tramp.
sir,I am a young Iraqi gay living in Iraq ,touch to threats to kill and beatings, abuse and ridicule of the young people know me because of sexual orientation, so ask you and the humanity you have endured to give help me . Please help me.
hasan salah
(user currently living in IRAQ)
posted for
gaybisexualstraight
readers
on 23/09/2010
hi for everyone
Note: please please please the information it's for me, I need hight
secret about this subject please & thank you very much for help me.
I hope the brothers help me to solve issues,
like any other case of brothers Iraqis in Iraq and the rest is in fear
and suspicion and anxiety My name is Hasan, 28 years old from
Baghdad, and I work as a journalist, beginning at and I experienced
and a number of areas, and I'm good at English and French, in spite of
the mother tongue Arabic, and I frankly I lived my life in anxiety and
fear that Ekshffine one that I am Gay, and I can not live my life this
very moment that I was young, had been harassed several, although
Tstre what inside of me and my story to this case with a member of the
government in Iraq, it made me live a state of dread and fear of
severe escape from Baghdad and live temporarily in northern Iraq,
and the situation here for gays is so bad,
and
please help me in this matter and I await your response because I
desperately need you, I will to do that fast for me please.
and thank you very much with appreciation
& thank you
Hasan
hasan.journalist@gmail.com
(+)964 770 871 011
I hope the brothers in the United Alenthdp help me to solve issues
like any other case of brothers Iraqis in Iraq and the rest is in fear
and suspicion and anxiety My name is Hassan, 28 years old from
Baghdad, and I work as a journalist, beginning at and I experienced
and a number of areas, and I'm good at English and French, in spite of
the mother tongue Arabic, and I frankly I lived my life in anxiety and
fear that Ekshffine one that I am Gay, and I can not live my life this
very moment that I was young, had been harassed several, although
Tstre what inside of me and my story to this case with a member of the
government in Iraq, it made me live a state of dread and fear of
severe escape from Baghdad and live temporarily in northern Iraq, and
please help me in this matter and I await your response because I
desperately need you and thank you very much with appreciation
& thank you
Hasan
I hope the brothers in the United Alenthdp help me to solve issues
like any other case of brothers Iraqis in Iraq and the rest is in fear
and suspicion and anxiety My name is Hassan, 28 years old from
Baghdad, and I work as a journalist, beginning at and I experienced
and a number of areas, and I'm good at English and French, in spite of
the mother tongue Arabic, and I frankly I lived my life in anxiety and
fear that Ekshffine one that I am Gay, and I can not live my life this
very moment that I was young, had been harassed several, although
Tstre what inside of me and my story to this case with a member of the
government in Iraq, it made me live a state of dread and fear of
severe escape from Baghdad and live temporarily in northern Iraq, and
please help me in this matter and I await your response because I
desperately need you and thank you very much with appreciation
& thank you
Hasan
Hasan
(user currently living in IRAQ)
posted for
gay
readers
on 24/07/2010
hi for everyone
I hope the brothers in the United Alenthdp help me to solve issues
like any other case of brothers Iraqis in Iraq and the rest is in fear
and suspicion and anxiety My name is Hassan, 28 years old from
Baghdad, and I work as a journalist, beginning at and I experienced
and a number of areas, and I'm good at English and French, in spite of
the mother tongue Arabic, and I frankly I lived my life in anxiety and
fear that Ekshffine one that I am Gay, and I can not live my life this
very moment that I was young, had been harassed several, although
Tstre what inside of me and my story to this case with a member of the
government in Iraq, it made me live a state of dread and fear of
severe escape from Baghdad and live temporarily in northern Iraq, and
please help me in this matter and I await your response because I
desperately need you and thank you very much with appreciation
& thank you
Hasan
hasan.journalist@gmail.com
(+)964 770 871 1022
I shocked when I was in Iraqi Kurdistan region which is a secular part of iraq and its a very liberal place compare with other islamic countries, freedom is unlimited you could feel that you are not in east its almost like Europe! except only one point wich is homosexuality! Iraqi kurdistan region have a separate law and constitution which is most of the paragraph based on French and Scandinavian constitution with a little islamic liberal law but for the gay person still they use that paragraph of iraqi law against homosexual which is consider gay act as a crime and sickness and sentence them 2-4 years jail!!! I ask every one and ILGA to write a protest letter to the kurdish administration take away that craime and sickness in that paragraph against homosexual and freedom of homosexuality from 18 years of age ! there are some hidden gay organization in some cities but they need support from us ! if you care about others gay people in diffrent part of the world we appreciate if you write a protest letter to
Kurdistan Regional Government - Ministry of Justice
http://www.mojkurdistan.com/English_Malper.aspx
Email: dad@mojkurdistan.com
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Kurdistan Regional Government