WORLD CUP hosts Qatar were aga ught a gay rights storm after homophobic ments were screened by the official tournament Eg
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- GAY QATARI WARNS OF RETALIATN AGAST LGBT PEOPLE AFTER THE WORLD CUP ‘TO CLEANSE THE WTERN FLUENCE’
- WORLD CUP HOSTS QATAR UGHT GAY RIGHTS STORM AFTER HOMOPHOBIC MENTS SCREENED BY OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT BROADSTER
- QATAR’S EMIR WEL GAY UPL TO WORLD CUP BUT ASKS THEM TO ‘RPECT OUR CULTURE’
GAY QATARI WARNS OF RETALIATN AGAST LGBT PEOPLE AFTER THE WORLD CUP ‘TO CLEANSE THE WTERN FLUENCE’
“It don’t matter if you’re lbian, if you’re gay, ’s for everyone. Homosexualy Qatar is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison.
But there have been mixed msag wh a World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman sayg earlier this month that homosexualy was “damage the md, ” an terview wh German broadster ZDF. He is a regular at England ternatnals and was once the victim of a homophobic asslt, he says, at Wembley four years ago, ahead of England’s match agast Spa 2018, when he had an altertn wh another fan.
WORLD CUP HOSTS QATAR UGHT GAY RIGHTS STORM AFTER HOMOPHOBIC MENTS SCREENED BY OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT BROADSTER
Siar s have been reported prevly as well: s Our Inti Unr Arrt report, ILGA World documented s when crimalisg laws had been enforced as early as 1995, when a US cizen was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and 90 lash for alleged “homosexual activy”.
In 1997, 36 gay Filipo migrant workers were ported om the untry on acunt of their sexual orientatn, and 2013 Qatar was one of the untri the Gulf Cooperatn Council that was explorg a ban on LGBT foreigners om workg the regn. In 2016, an 18- year-old-gay social media fluencer om Poland was jail for almost two months, and his arrt had not been rerd for 10 days. In 2018, ne articl related to gay and transgenr rights the prt versn of the New York Tim were censored.
QATAR’S EMIR WEL GAY UPL TO WORLD CUP BUT ASKS THEM TO ‘RPECT OUR CULTURE’
Lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer people have the right to fair, accurate and clive reportg of their life stori and ncerns. ILGA World: State-Sponsored Homophobia report (last updated: December 2020). Rints of Qatar face the risk of persecutn if they stand up for gay rights durg the World Cup, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned.
”UK mister Jam Cleverly lls for gay World Cup fans to show rpect Qatar – vioRints have long faced discrimatn om the state. Homosexualy is illegal Qatar, wh punishments of up to seven years jail possible. Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Readg the Game newsletter sent straight to your box for eeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s ee weekly newsletter A Qatar World Cup ambassador has told German televisn broadster ZDF that homosexualy was “damage the md”, as the Gulf state prepar to host the global tournament ls than two an terview filmed Doha and to be screened later on Tuday, former Qatari ternatnal Khalid Salman addrsed the issue of homosexualy, which is illegal the nservative Mlim football players have raised ncerns over the rights of fans travellg to the event, pecially LGBT+ dividuals and women, whom rights groups say Qatari laws discrimate untry expects more than one ln visors for the World Cup.