Image source, Peter Tatchell Foundation Image caption, Mr Tatchell staged the one-man demonstration ahead of Qatar hosting the 2022 World Cup By Jasmine Andersson BBC News Qatari authorities have stopped a demonstration staged by British LGBT rights advocate Peter Tatchell. Mr Tatchell stated he was “arrested and apprehended on the kerbside” in Doha on Tuesday following his one-man demonstration difficult the nation’s treatment of LGBT individuals ahead of the World Cup. He stated he was lateron launched and is now heading back to the UK. The Qatari federalgovernment stated authorities asked somebody to relocation however declares of an arrest were “completely incorrect”. Before leaving Qatar, Mr Tatchell stated: “You can call it arrest or detention however we were not totallyfree to relocation.” Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s program The World Tonight he stated himself and his associate “were not complimentary to leave” nor “free to continue the demonstration”. “Eventually we were informed extremely plainly it was in our interest to leave the nation as quickly as hassle-free,” he included. Mr Tatchell, who took comparable action when the 2018 World Cup was hosted in Russia, stated it hadactually been the veryfirst public LGBT rights demonstration to take location in a Gulf state. He was envisioned standing exterior the National Museum of Qatar with a placard reading: “Qatar arrests, prisons & topics LGBTs to ‘conversion’ “, with the hashtag “#QatarAntiGay”. Video video reveals Qatari authorities then approaching Mr Tatchell. Two uniformed officers and 3 plain clothing authorities arr
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