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
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- GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
- GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS
- BEG GAY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD', QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS
GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
On November 8, Khalid Salman, a 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup Ambassador, scribed homosexualy as “damage the md” an terview wh ZDF, a TV channel Germany. He also remarked that beg gay is “haram,” which is Arabic for “forbidn.” * qatar world cup gay rights *
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.
GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS
Gay sex is a crimal offence Qatar * qatar world cup gay rights *
ILGA World: State-Sponsored Homophobia report (last updated: December 2020).
BEG GAY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD', QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS
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“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. 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. Qatari law crimaliz sex outsi marriage, cludg gay sex. In the terpretatn of Sharia law that Qatar follows, sex outsi of marriage, cludg homosexualy, is punishable by jail time and, as a maximum sentence, ath by stong, though there isn’t available evince that such a punishment has ever been ed.
Homosexualy is banned Qatar but FA chief executive Mark Bullgham says he has received assuranc over the rights of gay fans attendg the World Cup * qatar world cup gay rights *
Nasser Mohamed, a gay Qatari livg exile the US, explaed to Vox.