BBC news team arrested in Qatar
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BBC news team arrested in Qatar
I think that qualifies as a Qatari PR triumph.Football’s governing body, Fifa, has launched an investigation after a BBC news team was arrested in Qatar while reporting on the plight of migrant workers building stadiums for the 2022 World Cup.
The four-strong crew had been invited by the Qatari’s prime minister’s office on an official tour of new accommodation for construction workers. It was part of a public relations drive in the wake of an international outcry over the slave-like conditions for workers exposed by a Guardian investigation.
But despite official permission to report in Qatar, the crew were arrested by the security services, interrogated and jailed for two days before being released without charge.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/m ... m-in-qatarHuman Rights Watch, which has highlighted Qatar’s poor record on labour conditions, described the arrests as “jaw-droppingly awful PR”. It pointed out that last week a German television crew was also arrested on a tour of Qatar.
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Re: BBC news team arrested in Qatar
Qatar, what a shithole.
Qatar plus FIFA's boss, bigger shithole.
Qatar plus FIFA's boss, bigger shithole.
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