Tag: FIFA World Cup
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«Just A Ball Game?» Joins FIFA Qatar Word Cup Protest In Berlin
As associate members, LGBTQ+ campaign organisation «Just A Ball Game?» (JBG?) and Bradford City LGBT+ Fan Group recently joined German and Swiss Queer Football Fan Clubs (QFF) and other activists for a protest outside the Qatar Embassy in Berlin.
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Some LGBTQ Fans Skip Qatar FIFA World Cup, Fearing Hostility
At first, Saskia Nino de Rivera was excited about going to Qatar for a FIFA World Cup that would mark a significant professional event for her partner, a sports agent for Mexico football players.
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Qatar: Censorship Ignores Rights, FIFA Rules
The government of Qatar should change its laws to end arbitrary censorship of articles about sexual orientation and gender identity and revoke its Penal Code provision that punishes same-sex relations with imprisonment between one to three years, Human Rights Watch said today. Qatar is host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Peter Tatchell Arrested in Moscow and Now Released
Human rights and LGBT+ campaigner Peter Tatchell has been released following his arrest during a peaceful protest close to the Kremlin.
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Tatchell In Russia for LGBT+ Rights
LGBT+ and Human Rights campaigner Peter Tatchell is in Moscow to protest at the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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MEPs send Rainbow Laces to football teams ahead of World Cup 2018
Ahead of the men’s football World Cup, MEPs from the LGBTI Intergroup shipped dozens of rainbow shoelaces to football teams across Europe today.