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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- "AM GAY...": MAN WH RABOW T-SHIRT DI DAYS AFTER DETENTN IN QATAR
- GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
- THIS MAN FLED QATAR FEAR OF PERSECUTN BEE HE'S GAY. NOW HE'S PHG BACK
- GAY PALTIAN AHMAD ABU MARHIA BEHEAD WT BANK
- 13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
"AM GAY...": MAN WH RABOW T-SHIRT DI DAYS AFTER DETENTN IN QATAR
Qatar Preventive Secury Department forc have arbrarily arrted lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and subjected them to ill-treatment tentn, Human Rights Watch said today. LGBT people terviewed said that their mistreatment took place as recently as September 2022, as Qatar prepared to host the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup November and even as the ernment me unr tense scty for s treatment of LGBT people. * gay man killed in qatar *
I'm gay, " he said a vio posted on Instagram.
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.
GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
Referred to as Qatar’s first person to e out publicly as gay, Dr. Nasser Mohamed thought havg the World Cup on his home soil was the perfect opportuny to shed light on the untry’s mistreatment of LGBTQ2+ people. * gay man killed in qatar *
Acrdg to the report, several other gay men have claimed they were 'hunted' the same way by Qatar's police force. (Beit) – Qatar Preventive Secury Department forc have arbrarily arrted lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and subjected them to ill-treatment tentn, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch terviewed six LGBT Qataris, cludg four transgenr women, one bisexual woman, and one gay man. Doctor Nasser Mohamed, an openly gay Qatari activist, helped nnect Human Rights Watch to five of those terviewed.
THIS MAN FLED QATAR FEAR OF PERSECUTN BEE HE'S GAY. NOW HE'S PHG BACK
“You gays are immoral, so we will be the same to you, ” she said one officer told her.
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“I saw many other LGBT people taed there: two Morocn lbians, four Filipo gay men, and one Nepale gay man, ” she said. A Qatari gay man who has experienced ernment reprsn, cludg arbrary arrt, said that secury forc surveilled and arrted him based on his onle activy. Day 69:12This man fled Qatar fear of persecutn bee he's gay.
13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
Now he's phg backHavg been referred to as Qatar's first person to e out publicly as gay, Dr. It's an LGBTQ2+ soccer supporters club for Qatar's natnal team, named after the lour of the team's World Cup ambassador: Homosexualy is 'damage the md'As the tournament rolls on, Qatar ntu to face global scty for s crimalizatn of homosexualy. I went to my first gay bar there.
But then when I walked [to the gay bar] I didn't even really spend time wh anybody. I jt knew immediately I was gay. Unr the Islamic Sharia law, Qatar nsirs homosexual acts immoral.
Homosexualy is illegal unr Qatari law and n even be punishable by ath the Middle Eastern untry.