FIFA World Cup: FIFA World Cup LIVE – England’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has told LGBT football fans to be respectful of Qatar’s laws at the World Cup. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar punishment can even go up to a death sentence. However, Cleverley’s statement has been slammed by the representatives of his own government and citizens back home in England. Follow FIFA World Cup updates LIVE on InsideSport.IN.
FIFA World Cup: SPECIAL Advise for LGBT fans, English Foreign Secretary asks LGBT football fans to be RESPECTFUL and COMPROMISE – CHECK OUT
In an exclusive interview, the English Foreign Secretary said: “These are Muslim countries, they have very different cultural starting point for us. I think it’s important when you’re a visitor to a country that you respect the culture of your host nation.”
However, within hours of this statement, the UM Prime Minister’s official spokesman said LGBT fans should not be expected to “compromise who they are” if they visit Qatar for the World Cup. While a number of ministers from England and Wales have decided to boycott the World Cup, Mr. Cleverley is planning to attend matches claiming that the UK has incredibly important partners in the middle-east.
FIFA World Cup: SPECIAL Advise for LGBT fans, English Foreign Secretary asks LGBT football fans to be RESPECTFUL and COMPROMISE – CHECK OUT
🚨🚨🚨Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on LGBT football fans travelling to the World Cup in Qatar.
“One of the things I’d say to football fans is please do be respectful of the host nation.
“They’re trying to ensure that people can be themselves and enjoy the football…
— Theo Usherwood (@theousherwood) October 26, 2022
Cleverley’s statement comes after an English LGBT activist was apprehended by Qatari police for staging an LGBT rights protest in Doha. The British activist named Peter Tatchell, who had staged a similar protest ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, stood for more than hour wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with “#Qatarantigay” and holding a placard that read “Qatar arrests and subjects LGBTs to conversion”. Tatchell was stopped by two uniformed police officers and three plain clothes officials in front of the national museum of Qatar.
LGBT right groups across the globe have criticised the Qatar Government’s policies of criminilasing homosexuality. As per reports of the Human Rights Watch group, the government has recently apprehended the LGBT citizens of their own country. However, Qatari officials claim that HRW’s allegations are false.
FIFA World Cup: SPECIAL Advise for LGBT fans, English Foreign Secretary asks LGBT football fans to be RESPECTFUL and COMPROMISE – CHECK OUT
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