Qatari Authorities Mistake Regional Brazilian Flag For LGBT One, Confiscate Journalist’s Phone

A Brazilian journalist claims his phone was seized after he filmed a man’s negative reaction to the colorful flag of Brazil’s northeastern Pernambuco state. 

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Fomos abordados por conta da bandeira de Pernambuco, que tem um arco-íris e acharam que era a bandeira LGBT. Tomaram o meu celular e só me devolveram quando deletei o vídeo que tinha. pic.twitter.com/7X2oal8bq1

— Victor Pereira (@ovictorpereira) November 22, 2022

According to Victor Pereira, a man wearing a traditional white dress mistook it for the LGBT community's rainbow flag at the Lusail Stadium. 

"Then an officer arrived and tried to intervene. He grabbed the phone from the other guy and ordered me to delete the video,” the journalist reportedly said. Pereira said he obeyed and deleted the clip so that he could get his phone back.