Tag: homophobic crimes
Algerian man’s throat cut, then killers write ‘gay’ on the wall with his blood
Hundreds of people gathered to protest and pay tribute to the victim
An Algerian man died after two attackers came into his room, slit his throat and then wrote ‘gay’ on the wall with his own blood.
21-year-old medical student Assil Belalta returned home to his room around 7pm on Sunday night (10 February) in the area of Ben Aknoun, Algiers.
Upon entering his room, two attackers followed him in and slit his throat. They also took his car keys.
The killers then...
Iraq bulldozes building used by IS to throw gay men to their deaths
But there are no plans to build a memorial to LGBTI victims of Islamic State
Iraq authorities are bulldozing a building that was home to hundreds of Islamic State (IS) homophobic crimes.
Many men accused of being gay were thrown off the seven-storey building that was once home to the National Insurance Company in Mosul.
The building, ravaged by the battle to end IS rule, will be removed.
IS were finally removed from Mosul in the summer of 2017.
A new government building will...
