Journalist denounces sexual harassment in Qatar: “they asked if she was an adult film actress”

In a World Cup held in a country where the rights of women are not equal to those of men, the Brazilian journalist Isabelle Costa released a video on her social networks on Friday venting about a situation she experienced in Qatar.

When reporting being constant object of harassment by mensaid that she was tired of embarrassing situations.

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It is not the first time, nor the second time that men approach me here. But this time she crossed the line. I was getting on the subway, at the Lusail Stadium station that will be the venue for the Brazil match; I noticed that two men were moving, they were following me, they were recording me and, to complete the absurdity, they stopped me and asked me if I was adult film actressIsabella said.

“Total shame, laughing in my face. I’m tired of this, it’s not the first time, ”he vented in a video posted on his Instagram and Twitter accounts.

In another publication, she shows that, when recorded, the men who harassed her they fled, running into the station.

She was not the first journalist to denounce an embarrassing situation in the country. The restriction of the LGBTQIA+ flag —since homosexuality is criminalized in the country— led security guards to approach journalist Víctor Pereira, who was carrying the Pernambuco state flag stamped with a rainbow, after the match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia.

Women rights

Governed by an absolutist monarchy, the power of the country belongs to the emir, the main leader, passing through dynasties and without having to respect constitutional limits.

These limits are set by the dynasty Thani Housewhich commands the emirate since 1825, and obeys the sharia, the Islamic religious law that dictates economic, socio-cultural and even foreign policy principles.

Since the announcement that this year’s World Cup would take place in Qatar, there have been many controversies, especially in the field of human rights: the exploitation of immigrant labor in the construction of infrastructure works and stadiums in the country, the position of women —lower than men— and the fact that the Homosexuality is considered a sin punishable by death.

Islam allows a man to marry up to four women, but sets conditions for these marriages. One of them, and the strictest, is that the man must be able to treat all his women equally.

In Qatar, only men have the right to have more than one spouse. Under sharia, the country has restrictive rules and laws regarding women. There, Qataris can only marry with the permission of a male family member.

Source: Elcomercio

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