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Subsequently, Qatar said it was reviewing its current and future investments in London. [38] [39] In 2022, Qatar police arrested protesters after they criticised Qatari law. [40] In October 2022, the Australian men's national team called for the host country to recognise same-sex marriage and improve migrant workers' rights.
British LGBTQ activist Peter Tatchell said he was held in Qatar on Tuesday after protesting the Gulf nation's human rights record, just weeks before it is set
Qatar’s government communications office said: “Rumours on social media that a representative from the Peter Tatchell Foundation has been arrested in Qatar are completely false and without merit.
Family members are a primary resource for job acquisition in Iran. Without a social network to call on for job leads it is increasingly difficult to find work, and transsexuals are discriminated against in the job market forcing them into sex work. [63] Qatar, however, has modified the LGBT laws in the wake of 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament ...
The state of human rights in Qatar is a concern for several non-governmental organisations, such as the Human Rights Watch (HRW), which reported in 2012 that hundreds of thousands of mostly South Asian migrant workers in construction in Qatar risk serious exploitation and abuse, sometimes amounting to forced labour.
While the Supreme Court says you can’t be fired for your sexual orientation or gender identity under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there are still gaps.
Naser "Nas" Mohamed is a physician from Qatar and a LGBT rights activist. In 2022, he became the first Qatari to publicly come out as a gay man and has sought to raise awareness of the persecution of LGBT people in Qatar in advance of the country hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Mohamed has lived in the United States since 2011, where he ...
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