World Cup: a rainbow flag waved on the lawn during the match Portugal-Uruguay

Everyone wondered if there would be an incident during this World Cup in Qatar under pressure.

Smoothly for the moment, some are indeed trying to send messages of tolerance in this country where homosexuality is, for example, not accepted.

This Monday, for the first time, a man carrying a rainbow flag - and dressed in a T-shirt in support of Iranian women who are fighting to remove the veil - managed to run onto the lawn of the Lusail stadium in Doha, during the match between Portugal and Uruguay.

After running twice across the pitch, he was stopped and calmly escorted out by security, reporters said.

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The organizers of the 2022 World Cup are the target of many criticisms, in particular on the rights of LGBT + people.

Homosexuality is subject to criminal prosecution in Qatar.

At the beginning of November again, a Qatari ambassador described homosexuality as “mental damage”.