Manuel Guerrero Aviña has been in prison since February 4 for being gay. In Qatari lands, being homosexual is a "sin" that is punishable by up to seven years in prison.

The Mexican citizen, who has lived in the Arab country for years, did not have access to a lawyer or a translator during the first 20 days he spent in prison, his family denounces. The hell that the accused experiences can last for at least six months from the arrest, the period that the authorities have to file formal charges.