The family of the former press chief of the World Cup in Qatar claims that the Qatari authorities tortured Abdullah Ibhis for four days before the start of the World Cup because he portrayed the tournament and the organizers in a bad light and leaked that the workers who worked. On the preparations have not been paid for four months.
| Abhays is currently facing three years in prison (Photo: tv2.no) |
Abdullah Abhais was sentenced to five years in prison for the aforementioned, and was even accused of bribery, and finally, after his appeal, his sentence was reduced to three years. According to the inews.com portal that reported the case, Abhayes leaked the information to a Turkish company and wanted to obtain Turkish citizenship in exchange for it.
According to the journalist’s family, his rights were severely restricted in the early days of November of this year, when he was sentenced to an additional penalty because he wanted to deliver a message to his wife: for four days he was kept in solitary confinement for two days. – A cell with a length of one meter and the temperature was close to freezing, and he was subjected to continuous physical assaults by the guards.
I got some pretty bad bruises in solitary confinement thanks to the help of the prison guards. It got to four degrees in better moments, so I was chattering incessantly, and I could hardly sleep during those four days.” – Tell exaggeration whose last appeal hearing was held without prior notice, neither he nor his lawyer could attend, and he was not informed of the decision for weeks.
Anyway, his family wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to handle Ibhais case. The head of the organization stated earlier that the World Cup in Qatar will also be a World Cup for people on the margins of society.
“Mr. Infantino’s actions thus far do not live up to his words. FIFA is responsible for Abdullah’s imprisonment and FIFA’s silence is tearing our family apart. We call on FIFA to take responsibility and reject callous indifference!” And the Abhays family wrote in their statement.
At the start of the case, the relatives were still able to speak with FIFA, but as the proceedings progressed, the federation’s legal department remained silent.
In the case of Abhais, international human rights organizations are trying to provide voluntary assistance, and their goal is to achieve the release of the detained journalist.
