Qatar - Outrage at detention of German TV crew investigating 2022 World Cup

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the arbitrary detention of a German TV crew that was investigating the conditions of the migrant workers who are building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. It has emerged that Florian Bauer, a sports reporter for leading German public broadcasters ARD and WRD, was arrested with his crew – a cameraman, a sound engineer and a driver – by Qatari state security police while filming foreign workers on building sites on 27 March. They were (...)

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