ΝΕΟ ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΙΡΑΚΙΝΟΥΣ ΟΜΟΦΥΛΟΦΙΛΟΥΣ

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Ο ιρακινός ακτιβιστής Yenar Mohamed κατήγγειλε στο Arabiya.net ένα καινούργιο βασανιστήριο για τους ομοφυλόφιλους της χώρας. Σύμφωνα με τα όσα διηγείται οι φρουροί τούς συλλαμβάνουν, τους σφραγίζουν τον πρωκτό με ένα πολύ ισχυρό συγκολλητικό υλικό που μπορεί να αφαιρεθεί μόνον χειρουργικά. Εν συνεχεία τους υποχρεώνουν να πάρουν ένα υπακτικό, το οποίο τους προκαλεί διάρροια και καθώς ο πρωκτός είναι φραγμένος στις περισσότερες περιπτώσεις η κατάληξη είναι ένας βασανισικός θάνατος.
Το μαρτύριο συχνά μαγνητοσκοπείται και αποστέλλεται μέσω κινητών σε παραλήπτες σε όλη τη χώρα. Η λοαδ κοινότητα της χώρας είναι πανικόβλητη. Παρ’ όλα αυτά η είδηση δεν έχει ακόμη εμφανισθεί στον δυτικό τύπο, πάρα μόνον σε κάποια ισπανικά ΜΜΕ απ’ όπου την αναδημοσιεύω.

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"Los homosexuales son víctimas invisibles de la violencia sectaria en Irak. Tras la caída del régimen de Sadam Hussein el número y visibilidad de este colectivo ha ido creciendo y se ha encontrado de frente con el conservadurismo de la sociedad y el odio de los clérigos, tanto chítias como sunitas, que han emitido numerosas fatwas o edictos pidiendo su ejecución.
Un activista iraquí por los derechos humanos, Yenar Mohamed, ha denunciado en Arabiya.net una nueva y cruel forma de tortura para los gays en aquel país. Según relata, los milicianos los cogen y les sellan el ano con un pegamento tan potente que sólo puede ser retirado mediante cirugía.El tormento no acaba ahí. Los milicianos les hacen beber un laxante para provocarles una diarrea. Al tener el ano obstruido la diarrea les provoca la muerte.
Una tortura que muchas veces es grabada y enviada por todo el país vía móvil. El colectivo iraquí de gays, lesbianas y transexuales también ha denunciado que en varios hospitales se ha negado asistencia sanitaria a los supervivientes de esta brutal práctica.
La noticia no ha trascendido a los medios occidentales de momento, excepto en algunos portales como Soitu, en España.
No son los únicos peligros a los que se deben enfrentar los homosexuales. Un grupo conocido como Ahl al Haq (Los justos) ha conseguido matar a varios homosexuales de los suburbios de Bagdad y en Sadr City, también en la capital. Los activistas denuncian la actitud distante de las autoridades de EE UU y Reino Unido sobre este asunto, una postura que achacan a que no quieren oponerse al gobierno iraquí.
Πηγή: http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/466897/0/tortura/homosexuales/irak/

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Glue buttocks together and feed them laxatives
Iraqi militias use brutal torture against gays

DUBAI/BAGHDAD (Hayyan Nayouf/Ali al-Iraqi)
Iraqi militias have been using a particularly brutal form of torture against homosexual men that involves gluing the buttocks together and feeding them laxatives, an Iraqi human rights activist revealed last week.
“An anti-gay group uses a very strong form of glue that if applied, sticks to the skin so tight that it can only be removed surgically” Yenar Mohamed, the first human rights activist to reveal this issue, told AlArabiya.net.
"After the buttocks have been glued together, the victim is given a laxative," Mohamed added. Because they are not able to defecate, the diarrhea eventually leads to death.
The painful torture process was filmed on mobile phones and distributed all over Iraq. The campaign on gays, Mohamed said, was launched three weeks ago after fatwas, religious decrees, calling for their killing, were issued by clerics.
Mohamed attributed the rise of homosexuality in Iraq to the growing conservatism in society which makes mingling between sexes increasingly difficult.
He pointed out that gays were targeted by both Sunni and Shiite militias and that the fatwas calling for their killing have been broadcast on satellite channels for thousands to hear.
According to earlier press reports, a group called Ahl al-Haq (The Righteous) is targeting gays in the Bagdad slum of Sadr City and has managed to kill several people. The group allegedly published a list with the names of 10 gay men and wrote: "We will kill you, sinners." Bodies of three homosexual men were found in the area shortly after.
"Homosexuality is not a choice"
Hassan, from the London-based Iraqi Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender organization (LGBT), confirmed reports that glue was used to torture homosexuals and said some survivors were even denied treatment in Iraqi hospitals.
"Sixty-three people have been tortured so far," Hassan told AlArabiya.net.
Although estimating the number homosexuals in Iraq is a challenge, Hassan noted that international studies estimate that homosexuals make up to 10 percent of any society.
Shiites may be more supportive of the anti-gay campaign since the majority of the torturing and killing has taken place in predominantly Shiite areas, said Hassan.
The Iraqi defense ministry reported that in April six gay men were shot to death in a Shiite-controlled part of Baghdad. Two of them had pieces of paper attached to them with the word “pervert” written on it.
"I tell them all that homosexuality is not a choice. It is something we are born with," Hassan added.
He also criticized the American and British governments for not condemning the killings and attributed their silence to not wanting to antagonize the Iraqi government.
(Translated from Arabic by Sonia Farid)
Πηγή: http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/04/25/71416.html