TIME speaks to Dr. Naser Mohamed, the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, ahead of the World Cup.
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- GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
- ?? QATAR ARRTS PROMENT GAY ACTIVIST FOR DENOUNCG HUMAN RIGHTS ABE AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
- HERE ARE THE 11 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH
- 13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
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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. As the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, Mohamed—a doctor who has lived the U.
?? QATAR ARRTS PROMENT GAY ACTIVIST FOR DENOUNCG HUMAN RIGHTS ABE AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
The brother of Grant Wahl, a soccer journalist who died on Friday after llapsg the prs box at a World Cup match Qatar, spects Wahl was killed by the regime for promotg gay rights. * qatar murder gay *
But given homosexualy is crimalized Qatar, he is likely to rema s only member for the foreeable future. In the months sce, Mohamed lnched the non-prof Alwan Foundatn to advance LGBTQ+ rights across the Middle East and pecially Qatar, where he says that secury operativ filtrate gay muni orr to torture and erce members to rm on others. TIME: As a gay Qatari, do you feel that hostg the World Cup n brg change?
HERE ARE THE 11 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH
Is there an unrground gay scene or is that too dangero? There are some people om really affluent fai that are gay and ’s almost public knowledge—but they’re really wealthy, affluent, and very nnected, so people jt don’t say anythg. But even the most powerful gay [person] Qatar is powerls some ways.
13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
They uld gaybash and get away wh wh no nsequenc at all. And if such an attack happens on a gay fan, I don’t know of the [secury] rourc to help them. Bee you uld be harmed, you n be gay bashed, you n be beaten, and people may not be able to help you.
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.