Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has hit back at the foreign secretary’s advice for LGBTQ+ football fans to be ‘respectful’ of Qatar’s culture.
The activist was arrested after staging the first ever LGBTQ+ protest in the country to highlight its human rights abuses in the run up to the World Cup.
But James Cleverly warned football fans would have to ‘make some compromises’ and ‘be respectful’ of the host nation.
Mr Tatchell was questioned by police and eventually released, but said he had been subjected to interrogation.
But authorities in Qatar – where homosexuality is illegal – deny he was arrested, calling the reports ‘completely false and without merit’.