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Portuguese tourist assaulted by Turkish police, jailed for 20 days for "looking gay"

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Portuguese tourist assaulted by Turkish police, jailed for 20 days for "looking gay"

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Miguel Alvaro claims he endured a horrifying ordeal when he was targeted and physically assaulted by Turkish police solely based on his appearance, being perceived as gay and suspected of planning to participate in the Pride march in Istanbul
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    That is fucking horrifying. Wasn’t planning on visiting Turkey anyway, but now I’d never even consider it.

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      Is that cuz u look gay

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        ಠ_ಠ

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      Throw in any Islamic country it’s pretty common in most of them.

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