'I was hunted by Qatari police and raped', alleg gay expatriate, who was later ported

Contents:

• GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
• BEG GAY DOHA
• GAY LIFE QATAR
• GAY PEOPLE LIVG UNR RADAR QATAR PREPARE WARILY FOR WORLD CUP
• WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND QATARI
• WATCH: KYLE ECHARRI AND ATE GAY HAVE ARRIVED QATAR
• GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS
• BEG GAY DOHA
• ‘I WAS HUNTED BY QATARI POLICE AND RAPED’: GAY EXPATRIATE ALLEG SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY THORI QATAR

GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

As the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, Mohamed­—a doctor who has lived the U. But given homosexualy is crimalized Qatar, he is likely to rema s only member for the foreeable future.

BEG GAY DOHA

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? 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.

GAY LIFE QATAR

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. 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.

GAY PEOPLE LIVG UNR RADAR QATAR PREPARE WARILY FOR WORLD CUP

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. I am not tryg to host a bate on gay rights, nor I want to mount polemics.

Much like other small Gulf Stat the Arabian pensula fdg recent and -pth stori about gay life is not easy. The biggt public kerfluffle about homosexualy Qatar recent years has not ncerned any gay executns, wch hunts, persecutn or mands for gay marriage.

WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND QATARI

Completely overlookg the social impact of such a huge ternatnal event such a ty Islamic place as Qatar FIFA got self to hot water om human rights anizatns as well as gay rights associatns. The disptive issue was homosexualy. Very few are prepared to sudnly surrenr their sexual inty and stop beg gay for a week.

WATCH: KYLE ECHARRI AND ATE GAY HAVE ARRIVED QATAR

However, homosexualy is illegal Qatar and n be punished wh lash and jail, which offends the progrsive agenda of rights groups the Wt. It is unavoidable that a clash of cultur will occur; a llisn of east-vers-wt agast Qatar’s tightly bound sexual and social standards, both straight and gay. The UK gay football group, The Jt Campaign, as well as activist John Ameechi, said was eply ncerned: “spe their apparent mment to humanarian valu and the promotn of global solidary through football, FIFA is sendg out a msage loud and clear that the rights of the global LGBT muny do not even register on their agenda… Sport should never be allowed to tmp human rights.

GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS

Some have lled upon Qatar to crimalize homosexualy by 2022.

) by subsequent ments by the FIFA Print Sepp Blatter who tried to mimize the ncerns of the gay football fans worldwi by sayg that gays, to avoid trouble, should simply not have sex while Qatar: “homosexual fans should rea om any sexual activi that are illegal Qatar”.

In Febary 2011, UK PM Cameron was asked about awardg the World Cup to a homophobic untry that crimaliz homosexualy. Meanwhile: Beg Gay Qatar. Simply put, if a foreigner wants to be openly gay Qatar his life will be very difficult (if not impossible).

BEG GAY DOHA

If they are gog to be gay private should not provoke any reactn. However, even if a gay person is most and discreet he (unlikely she) may be targeted by foul-md lol Qatari men for any number of reasons such as blackmail, money, sexual abe or relig enmy.

For foreigners, beg sgle over the age of 30 is a spic cue; drsg wh some fashn, beg well groomed, sg at others, beg gentle and pole n be nsted as gay tras.

‘I WAS HUNTED BY QATARI POLICE AND RAPED’: GAY EXPATRIATE ALLEG SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY THORI QATAR

In the mid-2000’s a Fnish gay man was sced and eventually entrapped by a “geo” Qatari man who at first offered him alhol then hashish and eventually sex–“many tim”. One eveng another geo guy showed up wh him and thgs got out of hand and the expat found himself arrted–bee he was gay?