De facto deprivation of liberty by private actors

The Working Group received a number of reports of de facto deprivation of liberty by private actors in Qatar...

[Migrant workers reported] having curfews imposed by their employers which prohibit leaving their residences after a certain time of the evening. The Working Group received credible reports of employers withholding employees' documents and salary as leverage to ensure that they would not leave... of employers resorting to false accusations of absconding... [which] would automatically trigger arrest by the police, which in turn would result into the worker being detained for the time of the investigation.