An out Portuguese man named Miguel Alvaro recommends not traveling to Turkey after he was picked up on the street for looking "gay" and imprisoned under a 30 sentence. He posted an Instagram video with a caption suggesting human rights do not exist in Turkey. The 34-year-old was on vacation alone in Istanbul last month. On June 25 he went to meet a friend for lunch and asked police for directions. What Alvaro did not know was that there was an illegal LGBTQ+ parade happening nearby. Pride parades have been outlawed in Istanbul since 2015. According to the British website LBC, Alvaro was arrested after being injured when he was thrown against a wall. Later, he was told that the police needed a quota of arrests from the event, and he was the unlucky victim. He and his fellow inmates were barely given water and feared sleeping for personal safety reasons. Nor was he able to use his phone to let friends and family know he was being detained. Not until early July was he allowed to call his father. The older Alvaro contacted the Portuguese embassy to ensure his son's release, but he wasn't let go until July 12 – 20 days after capture – when he was flown back to Portugal. #Travel