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.
WORLD CUP HOSTS QATAR UGHT GAY RIGHTS STORM AFTER HOMOPHOBIC MENTS SCREENED BY OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT BROADSTER
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.
QATAR’S EMIR WEL GAY UPL TO WORLD CUP BUT ASKS THEM TO ‘RPECT OUR CULTURE’
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. 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.
Lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer people have the right to fair, accurate and clive reportg of their life stori and ncerns.