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# UPDATE: Peter Tatchell released after being arrested in Qatar
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/update-peter-tatchell-released-after-being-arrested-in-qatar/
- Published: 2022-10-25T13:03:39.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-25T13:03:39.000Z
- Description: “There were a total of nine officers surrounding and interrogating me about where I was from, who was helping me, where I was staying and when I was leaving Qatar.”
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: News, Peter Tatchell, Peter Tatchell Foundation, Qatar, Qatar 2022, World Cup, World Cup 2022

Human rights and LGBTQ+ rights campaigner **Peter Tatchell** has been released after being arrested in Qatar 26 days before the football World Cup takes place in the Gulf nation.

Peter Tatchell said in a video released shortly after his release: “I stood in front of the **National Museum of Qatar** on the busy main road with my placard for 35 minutes before state security arrived, followed by police. I was arrested and detained on the kerbside for 49 minutes.

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“There were a total of nine officers surrounding and interrogating me about where I was from, who was helping me, where I was staying and when I was leaving Qatar. Officers also arrested my colleague, **Simon Harris**, from the **Peter Tatchell Foundation**, who was filming and photographing me. The police took Simon’s phone and deleted all his photos and videos – but only after he had already sent them to London.

“This was the first LGBTQ+ public protest in Qatar or any Gulf nation. I did this protest to highlight Qatar’s abuse of LGBTQ+, women’s and migrant workers rights. I was standing in solidarity with brave Qatari human rights defenders who cannot make their voices heard because of the risk of arrest, jail and torture. I am heading back to the airport with Simon now.”