Qatar: Ensure Fair Trial of Ex-Qatar 2022 Official

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Abdullah Ibhais at a resturant. © 2021 Abdullah Ibhais (Beirut, October 5, 2021) – Qatari authorities should ensure a fair trial for a 35-year-old Jordanian man who is appealing a five-year prison sentence for offenses including misuse of funds and bribery, Human Rights Watch and FairSquare said today. The lower court trial of Abdullah Ibhais, which concluded in April 2021, ignored credible allegations that his confession, the basis of the prosecution’s case, was obtained via intimidation and coercion. A third and possibly final session in his appeal hearing is scheduled…

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