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Gay Qataris have been promised safety from physical torture in exchange for helping the authorities to track down other LGBTQ+ people in the country, a prominent Qatari doctor and gay rights campaigner has told the Guardian.
Dr Nasser Mohamed, who lives in the US but retains contact with hundreds of gay Qataris, said that some secret networks had been compromised after arrests by Qatar’s preventive security department.
Written by Exclusive by Sean Ingle in Doha
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/15/gay-qataris-physically-abused-then-recruited-as-agents-campaigner-says under the title “Gay Qataris physically abused then recruited as agents, campaigner says”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
