A British citizen who served as a former manager for British Airways is currently being held in prison in Qatar after he was arrested because of his sexuality after responding to a fake message on the LGBTQIA+ dating app Grindr.
Gay airline employee subject to 'torture' after arrest in Qatar, family says https://t.co/uLhyfJuyqg
Since Qatar won the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the conservative Gulf state has received negative attention for its poor treatment of migrant workers and members of the LGBT community.
Two days before the World Cup opener, Qatar, the host nation, banned beer sales at stadiums. They were utterly backtracking on the deal the conservative Muslim country made to secure the soccer tournament.
Qatar is set to ban all beer sales at and around its World Cup stadiums in a dramatic U-turn just two days before the tournament begins, per CNBC.
A Qatari ambassador for the World Cup received criticism after describing homosexuality as "damage in the mind" during an interview with a German public broadcaster.
Qatari police put an end to a one-person protest staged by British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell outside of the Gulf state's national museum ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which will be held on November 20.
Mr. Tatchell, director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, stood outside the National Museum of Qatar for just over half an hour wearing a T-Shirt with the words "#QatarAntiGay" inscribed. He was also seen holding a placard reading "Qatar arrests, jails, and subjects LGBTs to conversion" with the same hashtag below.
A Mexican Muslim woman who was employed to help organize the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar was forced to leave the country after being sexually assaulted. Paola Schietekat worked in Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy when a colleague sexually assaulted her last June.
