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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

While jailed, Aviña was deprived of antiretroviral medication that he needs as an HIV-positive man. He was also forced to sign documents pertaining to his imprisonment that were written in Arabic, which he does not speak, without a translator. He said that he was forced to identify which contacts in his phone were his sexual partners, and subjected to “psychological torture.”

Aviña’s family and LGBTQ+ rights advocates around the world launched a campaign for him to return home, which was finally successful this week.

It's at around this time that a respectable UK government might say "give him back or we're wiping Doha off the map." It's good that he's free, but I hope he doesn't develop AIDS after this from being denied medication for so long.

[–] ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.place 34 points 1 month ago

Ahhh Qatar... Such a nice place to live... FIFA said that they did a lot for human rights so they could hold a World Cup event....

I guess having female toilets in the stadiums was more than enough to consider "a lot".

Seriously people, don't go there.

[–] ChojinDSL@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't expect anything else from Qatar.

But seriously, who in their right mind would use Grindr in Qatar? If I was gay, I would be veeery apprehensive about being in Qatar or even just working for their airline.