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Iraq Criminalises Same-Sex Relationships With 15-Year Prison
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On Saturday, the Iraq parliament passed a bill seeking same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
The bill will also sentence a transgender individuals to three years in jail under the amendments of the 1988 anti-prostitution law.
This legislation was adopted during a session attended by 170 out of 329 lawmakers.
CityMirrorNews recalls that previous draft had proposed capital punishment for same-sex relations.
But the new amendments allow the courts to sentence people to between 10 and 15 years in prison.
They also set a minimum of a seven-year prison term for “promoting” same-sex relations and a sentence ranging from one to three years for men who “intentionally” act like women.
The amended law makes “biological sex change based on personal desire and inclination” a crime and punishes trans people and doctors who perform gender reassignment surgery with up to three years in prison.
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