Human rights investigators in Qatar are now confirmed as detained

September 8, 2014

On 6 September 2014, the Foreign Ministry of Qatar finally confirmed the arrest and detention of Krishna Upadhyaya and Ghimire Gundev, who were at first feared disappeared: https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/human-rights-investigators-in-qatar-being-followed-by-the-police-here-looks-like-they-will-give-me-troubles-now/

[Krishna Upadhyaya and Ghimire Gundev are British citizens working to investigate the conditions of migrant labourers who are constructing facilities for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.]

This entry was posted on September 8, 2014 at 20:42 and is filed under films, Front Line, Human Rights Defenders.

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  1. British human rights investigators held in Qatar freed | Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders Says:

    September 9, 2014 at 20:23

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