Peter Tatchell: British LGBTQ activist protests exterior the Qatar nationwide museum

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British LGBTQ activist Peter Tatchell protested by himself exterior the Qatar nationwide museum on Tuesday forward of the 2022 FIFA World Cup which the nation will host beginning in November.

“I did this protest to spotlight Qatar’s abuse of LGBT, ladies’s and migrant employees rights,” his basis mentioned in a press release. “I used to be standing in solidarity with courageous Qatari human rights defenders who can't make their voices heard due to the chance of arrest, jail and torture.”

In an earlier tweet, Tatchell mentioned, “FIFA awarded the World Cup to Qatar the place LGBTs might be jailed & executed.”

Reuters information company reported that two uniformed officers and three plain garments officers arrived on the scene of the protest and folded up an indication Tatchell was holding and took photos of his passport and different papers and people of a person he was with.

Police shook Tatchell’s hand and left, leaving the activist on the sidewalk, Reuters mentioned. Tatchell shared video on Twitter exhibiting a person in plain garments chatting with him and taking his signal away.

Tatchell instructed Doha News later that police did query him. He additionally mentioned that he feared being detained and bodily abused by the police however neither occurred. Tatchell mentioned the police had been well mannered.

The World Cup takes place from November 20 to December 18.