A Qatari royal was given asylum in the United Kingdom out of fear about their transsexual status.
According to leaked documents obtained by the Sunday Times of London, the princess, a member of Qatar’s ruling Al Thani family, disclosed to Britain’s Home Office — the government body in charge of immigration and security — how harsh their upbringing was.
“I was born feminine yet on the inside I was masculine. “In Qatar, homosexuality is considered a crime punishable by death,” the princess wrote. “Qatar’s Sharia law is exceedingly stringent.”
Host nation of the 2018 World Cup in the Gulf prohibits homosexuality.
The stolen documents indicate that on a family vacation to London in the summer of 2015, the princess escaped and went into hiding with her girlfriend.
In their asylum application, the princess submitted two letters describing how they had been miserable for as long as they could remember since their exterior never matched their within.
The prohibition on homosexuality in Qatar has been a focal point of this year’s World Cup.
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The princess also described their desire to escape the country’s governing dynasty.
They wrote, “I felt as though my life had been tossed away.” “Like the rest of my family, I never desired to marry a male relative. I am frightened of what my brothers will unleash next. I am terrified.”
Throughout this year’s World Cup, FIFA prohibited seven European teams from wearing anti-discrimination “One Love” armbands due to Qatar’s anti-homosexuality laws.
In Qatar, homosexuality is punishable by up to three years in jail. A report issued by Human Rights Watch in October claimed that Qatari security forces members have arbitrarily arrested LGBT individuals and subjected them to “ill-treatment and incarceration.”
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