The UN human rights office (OHCHR) is “alarmed by the Iraqi parliament’s passage of a new law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations and other forms of private consensual behavior with jail terms of up to 15 years.”

“The law runs contrary to several human rights treaties that have been ratified by Iraq. It should be shelved,” a OHCHR Spokesperson said.

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