Friday, September 26, 2008

Gay leader assassinated in Baghdad

By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk

A leading gay activist in Iraq has been assassinated. 27 year old Bashar was targeted by gunmen yesterday.

He was one of the organisers of safe houses for gay men in Baghdad and was co-ordinator of Iraqi LGBT in the city.

Peter Tatchell of LGBT human rights group OutRage! said:

"On 25th September, I received the sad news from Iraq that the coordinator of Iraqi LGBT in Baghdad, Bashar, aged 27, a university student, was assassinated in a barber shop.

"Militias burst in and sprayed his body with bullets at point blank range.

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