Qatar saw its first public LGBT rights demo on 25 October.
British human rights activist Peter Tatchell, 70, held up a placard in front of the National Museum of Qatar, in the capital, Doha. It read: ‘Qatar arrests, jails & subjects LGBTs to “conversion” #QatarAntiGay.’ With his colleague Simon Harris, he was detained and ‘advised’ to leave the country.
In Qatar, same-sex activity by men or women can lead to up to seven years in prison.
On 19 November, the day before the football World Cup started in Qatar, Tatchell joined 90 other protestors in an LGBT rights protest outside the country’s London embassy.
Topics: LGBTQ+