Two Brazillian football fans had their home state’s flag confiscated by Qatari authorities after they confused it for LGBTQ+ colours.
Pereira told Reuters: ‘I took my phone to record a video but he grabbed it from my hand and said he would only give it back if I deleted the video.’
‘Then an officer arrived and tried to intervene. He grabbed the phone from the other guy and ordered me to delete the video. Pereira said he obeyed to make sure he would get his phone back as he uses it for work. His case made the news after he uploaded a new video on Twitter relaying what happened.He said: ‘They said that they had no right to have done that and that, if I wanted, I could report it.’
Pereira added that surveillance cameras in the vicinity captured the incident and that he was planning on filing a report. The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, Qatar’s World Cup organizers, did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did the Qatari government’s media office.The Pernambuco state s flag was first adopted in 1817 when it obtained its independence from Portugal
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