Security forces in Qatar have "arbitrarily arrested lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people and "subjected them to ill-treatment in detention," Human Rights Watch said in a report published Monday ahead of next month's World Cup.
The big picture: Qatari officials denied the allegations in the HRW report, which come after rights groups and several European soccer teams raised concerns about human rights in the men's soccer World Cup host nation — where homosexuality is illegal.
