Police 'forced them to sign pledges indicating that they would 'cease immoral activity,'' rights group says.
HRW said it has "documented six cases of severe and repeated beatings and five cases of sexual harassment in police custody between 2019 and 2022" in the Gulf state — as recently as last September.Four transgender women, one bisexual woman and a gay man told HRW they were detained in an underground prison in the capital, Doha, without being charged.
"One woman said she lost consciousness. Security officers also inflicted verbal abuse, extracted forced confessions, and denied detainees access to legal counsel, family, and medical care," HRW added.
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