Human Rights Watch Reports Qatar Already Arrests LGTQIA People

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Qatar Preventive Security Department forces have arbitrarily arrested lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and subjected them to ill-treatment in detention, Human Rights Watch said today. LGBT people interviewed said that their mistreatment took place as recently as September 2022, as Qatar prepared to host the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup in November and even as the government came under intense scrutiny for its treatment of LGBT people.

Human Rights Watch documented six cases of severe and repeated beatings and five cases of sexual harassment in police custody between 2019 and 2022. Security forces arrested people in public places based solely on their gender expression and unlawfully searched their phones.

Human Rights Watch interviewed six LGBT Qataris, including four transgender women, one bisexual woman, and one gay man. Doctor Nasser Mohamed, an openly gay Qatari activist, helped connect Human Rights Watch to five of those interviewed.

All said that Preventive Security Department officers detained them in an underground prison in Al Dafneh, Doha, where they verbally harassed and subjected detainees to physical abuse, ranging from slapping to kicking and punching until they bled. One woman said she lost consciousness. Security officers also inflicted verbal abuse, extracted forced confessions, and denied detainees access to legal counsel, family, and medical care. All six said that police forced them to sign pledges indicating that they would “cease immoral activity.”

All were detained without charge, in one case for two months in solitary confinement, without access to legal counsel. None received any record of having been detained. These acts could constitute arbitrary detention under international human rights law.

The Preventive Security Department is under Qatar’s Interior Ministry.

 

Full report:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/10/24/qatar-security-forces-arrest-abuse-lgbt-people

 

#BoycottWorldCupQatar2022

[River 127,558]

are we boycotting the 60 international artists who chose money over us? (please Gaga don't be one of them)

[RAMROD 117,131]

4 minutes ago, River said:

are we boycotting the 60 international artists who chose money over us? (please Gaga don't be one of them)

Yes, better be 

[gabeoz 7,915]

The amount of human rights abuses happening in that country is gross. From this to the country using literal slave labor to build the stadiums. I hope the power goes out and they’re forced to cancel the games 

[Bat 6,162]

sadly nobody cares because we need their oil and gas 

[RudraCNG 15,510]

This World Cup is so wrong  This should go viral, I would love to see how the artists who are supporting it try to make excuses for it.

[RudraCNG 15,510]

1 hour ago, River said:

are we boycotting the 60 international artists who chose money over us? (please Gaga don't be one of them)

Do we have a list with their names? I only remember some of them (sadly RedOne being one of them)

[River 127,558]

Just now, RudraCNG said:

Do we have a list with their names? I only remember some of them (sadly RedOne being one of them)

Not yet, only a few like the Black eyed Peas, Robbie Williams, Post Malone and other 2 that I can't remember

[Guillaume Hamon 6,992]

15 minutes ago, River said:

Not yet, only a few like the Black eyed Peas, Robbie Williams, Post Malone and other 2 that I can't remember

You can't remember the others cause it's J Balvin and maroon 5.

It's normal and even healthy of you. 

[Guillaume Hamon 6,992]

24 minutes ago, RudraCNG said:

This World Cup is so wrong  This should go viral, I would love to see how the artists who are supporting it try to make excuses for it.

They will not even try imo. They'll take the gigantic cheque and not comment on it wishing the fans don't care/ forget.

 

[River 127,558]

42 minutes ago, Guillaume Hamon said:

You can't remember the others cause it's J Balvin and maroon 5.

It's normal and even healthy of you. 

You're so right

[TaylorSwift 162,489]

7 minutes ago, River said:

You're so right

there was also Enrique Iglesias but no one remember about him 

Lil Baby recorded a song and will perform there

they also have EDM festivals during World Cup. Daydream Festival will feature appearances by Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, ATB, Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten and Nicky Romero....... source

even DaBaby is performing in Qatar:

 

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And people wanted Redone to enlist Gaga to make a song for them  

[River 127,558]

31 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

there was also Enrique Iglesias but no one remember about him 

Lil Baby recorded a song and will perform there

they also have EDM festivals during World Cup. Daydream Festival will feature appearances by Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, ATB, Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten and Nicky Romero....... source

even DaBaby is performing in Qatar:

 

Nooo not Fatboy Slim and Scooter

[RudraCNG 15,510]

43 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

there was also Enrique Iglesias but no one remember about him 

Lil Baby recorded a song and will perform there

they also have EDM festivals during World Cup. Daydream Festival will feature appearances by Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, ATB, Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten and Nicky Romero....... source

even DaBaby is performing in Qatar:

 

It won't be hard not to support any of these artists