TIME speaks to Dr. Naser Mohamed, the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, ahead of the World Cup.
Contents:
- GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS
- ?? QATAR ARRTS PROMENT GAY ACTIVIST FOR DENOUNCG HUMAN RIGHTS ABE AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS
Gay Qataris have been promised safety om torture exchange for helpg to track down other LGBTQ+ people, a proment Qatari gay-rights mpaigner has said * qatar gay arrest *
The World Cup will start jt two weeks' time, spe grave ncerns over Qatar's rerd on human rights, wh the Middle East untry ntug to persecute the LGBT+ munyA gay man has claimed he was hunted by police ahead of the upg World CupA gay man who has prevly livg Qatar has claimed he was 'hunted' by the untry's police force before beg gang-raped a hotel room. One of the biggt ncerns about the Middle East untry is s laws which outlaw homosexualy, wh LGBT+ people the untry at risk of imprisonment or even the ath penalty. One gay man om the Philipp who worked Qatar as an office assistant, has told how he was lured to a hotel and gang-raped by police.
The man, 'Ali', told the i that he received a msage on a gay datg app om a man claimg to be a Turkish worker. The police officers then searched his bag, accg him of beg a prostute, before another gay man arrived after also beg lured to a hotel.
Acrdg to the report, several other gay men have claimed they were 'hunted' the same way by Qatar's police force. Gay Qataris have been promised safety om physil torture exchange for helpg the thori to track down other LGBTQ+ people the untry, a proment Qatari doctor and gay rights mpaigner has told the Nasser Mohamed, who liv the US but retas ntact wh hundreds of gay Qataris, said that some secret works had been promised after arrts by Qatar’s preventive secury partment. “A lot [of gay Qataris] don’t know about each other, ” Mohamed said.
?? QATAR ARRTS PROMENT GAY ACTIVIST FOR DENOUNCG HUMAN RIGHTS ABE AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * qatar gay arrest *
“Now there are agents the gay muny that were promised safety om physil torture exchange for workg for the preventive secury partment and helpg them fd groups of LGBTQ+ people.
”Mohamed told the Guardian that foreign gay fans Qatar would not be persecuted while at the World Cup fals tournament. ”Last month Human Rights Watch reported that Qatar’s preventive secury partment forc had arbrarily arrted lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people and subjected them to ill‑treatment tentn. Qatar arrts and ab gay, bi and trans people, unlawfully vlatg their human rights, acrdg to a new report om Human Rights Watch.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
As homosexualy is a crime Qatar — amongst other human-rights issu — many people have exprsed ncern for LGBT fans who might attend the tournament.
Nasser Mohammed, a gay man who grew up Qatar and who now liv the San Francis Bay Area. “Some of my iends have told me stori about onle chat rooms and how unrver ps are arrtg men tryg to meet other men a romantic settg, ” he wrote an op-ed tailg his fears of beg gay Qatar.
While some areas and cultur of the Middle East have taken more-acceptg approach to gay, bi and trans people, Qatar is not one of them. Penalti for gay sex rry a possible prison term of up to seven years; Mlims n be put to ath. If a gay uple at the World Cup kissed the street or other ways exprsed affectn, they would be subject to arrt.