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9 Sep 2014

Author:
Pete Pattisson, Guardian (UK)

UK human rights researchers held in Qatar freed

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Krishna Upadhyaya and Gundev Ghimire, the two British human rights researchers detained in Qatar for almost nine days, have reportedly been released from custody, but have not yet left the country....Ghimire's wife, Bandana Koirala, said she had communicated with her husband on Facebook. He confirmed he had been released and asked her to convey the message to all his friends and family...Upadhyaya and Ghimire went missing in Qatar on 31 August. After almost a week without any official statement on the men's whereabouts, the ministry of foreign affairs in Qatar announced on Sunday that the men had been arrested and were "being interrogated for having violated the provisions of the laws of the state of Qatar". According to their employer, the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD), the men were in Qatar researching a forthcoming report on the working and living conditions of Nepalese migrant labourers.

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