Activists are calling on the government of the United Kingdom, international human rights groups, and the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva to intervene. The report says that Amnesty International has called on the Iraqi government to make public all information about each of the 128 detained individuals.

Our State Department's human rights functions are housed in the Office of the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs. At the moment, the position is unfilled, but this is a list of telephone numbers of employees at that department. Maybe we should let them know about what's going on under America's watch in Iraq:

Under Secretary

Under Secretary Vacant 7250 202-647-6240

Personal Assistant (vacant) 7250 202-647-6704

Executive Assistant Eva Weigold Schultz 7250 202-647-7609

Senior Adviser vacant 7253 202-647-4096

Senior Advisor Cathy Blank 7253 202-647-2990

Senior Advisor Lisa Sherman 7250 202-647-7196

Special Assistant Kate Friedrich 7253 202-647-1190

Senior Advisor Sam Patten 7253 202-647-9108

Special Assistant Daniel Rochberg 7250 202-647-1038

Special Assistant Carl Schonander 7253 202-647-8703

Special Assistant Kelley Currie B-864 202-647-9804

Special Assistant Jeannette Windon B-864 202-647-9810

Staff Assistant Laurie Mitchell 7250 202-647-8877

Staff Assistant Agnes Liptak 7250 202-647-6205

Intern Justin Sosne 7253 202-647-1189

Update: Here's the link to the story from UK Gay News. Here's the link to the the Iraqi LGBT Blog. The story is on both web sites.

Update: Please don't forget what happened in Iran four years ago. The blood of those boys still cries to me from their graves.