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
Contents:
- HERE ARE THE 11 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH
- GAY MEN CHALLENGE QATAR ATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALY
- ‘I WAS HUNTED BY QATARI POLICE AND RAPED’: GAY EXPATRIATE ALLEG SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY THORI QATAR
- GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS
- QATAR THREAT OF TORTURE TO TURN GAY PEOPLE TO ‘AGENTS’, ACTIVIST SAYS
HERE ARE THE 11 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH
There are currently 11 untri where beg gay n get you killed unr law. While LGBTQ rights have ma great stris parts of the world, homosexualy remas illegal an timated 70 untri, and 11 untri rry the potential for the ath penalty, particularly among men who have sex wh men. The newt addn to this list, homosexualy was already punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment Bnei, but the south-east Asian natn has recently implemented a strict new law that punish male same-sex activy wh ath by stong.
In the areas, the punishment for those found guilty of homosexualy is at a judge’s discretn, and may be ath. In March 2013, was reported that a gay teenager was stoned to ath ont of a crowd after he was nvicted of sodomy.
What the law says: “Homosexualy is the ntact of one man to another through his posterr; both sodom whether mal or femal are punished wh whippg of one hundred strok if not married. Married men nvicted of homosexualy face the ath penalty.
GAY MEN CHALLENGE QATAR ATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALY
What are the laws on gay sex Qatar?
‘I WAS HUNTED BY QATARI POLICE AND RAPED’: GAY EXPATRIATE ALLEG SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY THORI QATAR
Qatar, officially regnis Islam as the state relign, and unr Sharia law Mlim men n be sentenced to ath by stong for homosexualy. Four transgenr women, one bisexual woman and one gay man were reportedly imprisoned whout charge, legal unsel, or trial, and forced to sign pledg promisg they would “cease immoral activy”. “It don’t matter if you’re lbian, if you’re gay, ’s for everyone.
GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS
Homosexualy Qatar is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison.
QATAR THREAT OF TORTURE TO TURN GAY PEOPLE TO ‘AGENTS’, ACTIVIST SAYS
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. Gay men are blowg the whistle now, two months before the World Cup, mandg the host natn of Qatar change s anti-LGBTQ ways.
Fan reprentative Dar Mn spoke English directly to Abdulla b Mohammed b Sd Al Thani, about who he is and who he lov, Mn told him to “abolish the ath penalty” for homosexualy.