Qatar must not return ex-diplomat to Saudi Arabia amid torture fears

Headline Title: Qatar must not return ex-diplomat to Saudi Arabia amid torture fears 07 January 2013 A former Saudi Arabian diplomat is at grave risk of being detained and tortured or otherwise ill-treated if Qatari authorities follow through with plans to return him forcibly to Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said. In the past week Qatari police have twice summoned Mishal bin Zaar Hamad al-Mutiry – a 50-year-old who formerly worked at the Saudi Arabian embassy in the Netherlands and who has been in Qatar since August 2011 after he fled Saudi Arabia. On Sunday, police reportedly…

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