TORTURE AND EXECUTION OF IRAQI GAYS ON RISE: HRW

Iraqi militias are increasingly torturing and executing men suspected of homosexuality, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. The group said hundreds of men had been kidnapped, tortured and killed this year. "The killings are committed without evidence or trial, on the basis of prejudice and whim and violate standards in sharia law for legality, proof and privacy," the report said.