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Iraqi artists and singers flee amid crackdown on forbidden culture
05.13.08 | Permalink |

Caroline Davies reports in The Observer:
‘Life for artists in Iraq has turned into hell. We have been forced to stay in our homes and to stop working. I don’t remember the last time I saw an exhibition, or a singer at a club, or an actor at a local theatre. All of us have been [...]
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Mehdi Kazemi is safe
03.14.08 | Permalink |

Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian refugee, was to be deported from Europe after his application for asylum was turned down.
An Iranian homosexual man who has said he will be executed if he is deported from the Netherlands has had his claim for asylum overturned.
Medhdi is now safe after an intervention by European Parliament.
After the [...]
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Gays should be hanged, says Iranian minister
11.13.07 | Permalink |

From The Times:
Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at a peace conference, The Times has learnt.
Read the full article here.