A human rights activist was taken into custody in Qatar on Tuesday after staging a protest in the run up to the World Cup.
After staging a one-man protest, the Peter Tatchell Foundation says he was taken into custody for 40 minutes. They say he's been freed.
Mr Tatchell was wearing a t-shirt with the #Qatar AntiGay slogan on it and holding a placard.
"I did this protest to shine a light on Qatar's human rights abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people, women, and migrant workers," he said. They are fighting against tyranny.
The sport's governing body failed to get change in the Persian Gulf state. Legislative reforms on women's rights haven't been made. There have been no significant improvements for migrant workers. When it was granted the right to hold the World Cup, Qatar was allowed to ignore many of its promises.
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Sky Sports News spoke to the Supreme Committee of the country. Sky News reached out to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Sky News was told by the embassy in London that there was no truth to the rumour that a representative from the Peter Tatchell Foundation had been arrested in the country.
An individual standing in a roundabout was asked to move to the sidewalk and no one was arrested.
We are very disappointed in the media's reporting of baseless accusations. Many organisation will use increased media attention to promote their own profiles ahead of the world cup in qatar
Spreading false information with the intention of provoking negative responses is irresponsible and unacceptable.
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Sky sports reporter, Mark McAdam.
There was a statement from the government communications office.
There are both sides to this story. The important thing to remember is that Peter is trying to shine a light on human rights, the migrant workers' conditions over the past few years, women's rights and of course LGBTQ rights as well. You can't be your authentic self in that country.
This is something we're going to hear a lot of in the coming weeks, as the rest of the world looks at the human rights record of the country. There is a big spotlight on that right now.
According to a Human Rights Watch report, members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans community were being abused by the country's security services.
The treatment of the community is under scrutiny as it prepares to host the men's World Cup.
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer community have been arrested and subjected to ill treatment by officers of the Qatar Preventive Security Department, according to Human Rights Watch.
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The allegations within the HRW report are categorically and absolutely false, according to the government of the state of Qatar.
Six cases of severe and repeated beatings were documented by HRW. According to people interviewed by HRW, these practices were happening in September.
According to HRW, trans women were required to attend conversion therapy sessions at a government-sponsored facility if they wanted to be released.
Security forces are detaining and abusing LGBT people just for who they are, apparently confident that the security force abuses will go unreported.
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There needs to be an end to violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people. The world is paying attention.
A group of six people, four of which are women and two of which are men, were interviewed by HRW and all of them said they had been subjected to physical abuse in an underground prison in the state of DOHA.
The prisoners were denied access to legal counsel, family support and medical care.
One of the people was held in solitary confinement for two months.
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Younes said that the Qatari government should call an immediate halt to this abuse and that FIFA should push them to ensure long-term reform that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people from discrimination and violence.
The allegations are false, according to a government official. The policies and procedures we use are underpinned by a commitment to human rights for all.
The claims weren't brought to our attention until they were reported in the media. We would have been able to prove the allegations if Human Rights Watch had contacted us.
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The Qatari government doesn't license or operate conversion centers. In accordance with the highest international medical standards, the rehabilitation clinic mentioned in the report supports individuals suffering from behavioural conditions such as substance dependence, eating disorders and mood disorders.
Human Rights Watch's decision to release false information without contacting the government compromises their commitment to reporting the truth.
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