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Rasha Younes, LGBT rights senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, said: "The failure of the Qatari government to counter this false information has a significant impact on the lives of LGBT residents of Qatar, ranging from fuelling discrimination and violence against them to justifying subjecting them to state-sponsored conversion practices."