Man jailed in turkey for looking gay
A Portuguese man was arrested and jailed for 20 days in Turkey for the crime of looking gay.
Miguel Alvaro was on holiday alone in Istanbul last June asked the officers for directions trying to meet a acquaintance for lunch and was arrested immediately. He said he was slammed against the wall of a van before being thrown in the back.
“They grabbed my arms and I tried to free myself. One of them clap me in the ribs, they pushed me against a van, they punch me on the shoulder, which started to bleed,”
“After five hours in the police van, in which I was only told to shut up and be quiet, one of them explained to me that he had been detained because of my appearance,” he told Portuguese outlet P3.
“They thought I would participate in an unauthorised LGBTI+ march that was going to seize place nearby because I looked gay. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Alvaro described horrific prison conditions including cells with maggots, lack of food and water, and threats of violence from fellow inmates. He says he couldn’t contact anyone and officials ignored assistance requests from the Portuguese embassy.
Eventually Alvaro’s father was able to reach him and advocate for his release o
A 34-year-old Portuguese man was arrested by the police while vacationing in Turkey because he “looked gay”, Portuguese media reported.
In speaking to Público, Miguel Álvaro claimed that he was arrested because his shorts were “shorter than usual for a man.”
He said the issue began when he left the apartment he was renting in the Taksim district in Istanbul and saw a group of police officers. He headed towards them, asking for directions on how to get to the tourist district of Balat.
Álvaro says he was immediately surrounded by police officers who grabbed his hands.
“One of them beat me in the ribs, pushed me into a van, hit me in the shoulder, which was bleeding,” the young gentleman recounted. “After five hours in the police van, where they were just telling me to lock it up and be quiet, one of them explained to me that I had been arrested because of the way I looked.”
“They thought I was going to unite an unauthorised LGBTQI+ protest nearby because I looked gay. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
“That was the beginning of my nightmare. I continued to be in the police van as the officers proceeded to arrest people who had
I was beaten up by Turkish police and jailed for 20 days because I 'looked gay'
A tourist has told of his ordeal at the hands of Turkish police who he says arrested him because he 'looked gay' before allegedly detaining him for 20 days.
Miguel Alvaro, who is from Portugal, was on holiday alone in Istanbul on June 25 when he went out to meet a friend for lunch, and, unfamiliar with the urban area, asked officers for directions.
To his horror, the holidaymaker said he was surrounded by up to eight officers and was immediately arrested, PinkNews reports.
'They grabbed my arms and I tried to free myself. One of them knock me in the ribs, they pushed me against a van, they slap me on the shoulder, which started to bleed,' he recalled.
Mr Alvaro, who is gay, was clueless that an unsanctioned Identity festival parade was going on nearby, and was existence met with a weighty police presence.
Miguel Alvaro was on holiday alone in Istanbul on June 25 when he went out to meet a buddy for lunch
Mr Alvaro, who is gay, was clueless that an unsanctioned Event parade was going on nearby, and was existence met with a weighty police presence
'After five hours in the police van, in which I was only told to lock
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A Portuguese guy was arrested in Turkey and kept in disgusting conditions in prison because he "looked gay", he has claimed.
Miguel Alvaro was on holiday alone in Istanbul on June 25 when he went out to meet a ally for lunch.
He asked police for directions, unaware that there was a nearby LGBT parade nearby, which was unsanctioned by authorities.
Mr Alvaro, who is homosexual, said that one of the officers ordered him to be arrested immediately. He was slammed against the wall of a van before being thrown in the back.
"They grabbed my arms and I tried to free myself. One of them strike me in the ribs, they pushed me against a van, they punch me on the shoulder, which started to bleed.
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"After five hours in the police van, in which I was only told to shut up and be quiet, one of them explained to me that he had been detained becaus
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