2022 World Cup: Ex-media officer loses Qatar corruption appeal

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The security forces coerced him into signing a confession.

A man who raised concerns about migrant workers while working for the World Cup organizers lost his appeal.

A court in Doha upheld a guilty verdict and sentenced the man to three years in prison.

Ibhais said security forces coerced him into signing a confession and that he was being punished for criticising the handling of the migrant workers' strike.

The claims were denied by the officials.

They said the trial was fair and that Ibhais was found guilty on the basis of strong and credible evidence.

The verdict was enabled by the failure of football's world governing body, Fifa, to call on the country to ensure a fair trial, according to FairSquare.

The media manager for the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy is a Jordanian.

The Supreme Committee said that it received a complaint in October about a tender for a contract related to the management of its social media platforms.

Ibhais and another employee were suspended on full pay and the findings of the internal investigation were passed on to the authorities.

According to FairSquare and Human Rights Watch, Ibhais was arrested in November of 2012 on the basis of allegations that he was engaged in activities aimed at harming the state or its security.

The court found him guilty of "bribery", "violation of the integrity of tender and profits", and "intentional damage to public funds" after he withdrew his confession. He was sentenced for five years.

Ibhais was taken into custody by the police just before he was to be interviewed by two journalists from Norwegian public broadcasters. The journalists were held by the security forces of the country for more than 30 hours for filming without a permit.

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The football tournament is being hosted by Qatar.

Ibhais went on a hunger strike while waiting for his appeal.

I was denied a fair trial and this was the last resort for me. I didn't get the chance to be heard. He denied any wrongdoing in an audio message released by the Dutch newspaper NRC on 2 December.

His sentence was reduced to three years after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction. A journalist who attended the hearing said it lasted less than a minute.

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The State of Qatar does not accept the idea that the ruling was influenced by factors other than its commitment to justice and the rule of law.

The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy said the allegations that the case was linked to Ibhais' views on migrant workers were false.

More people will know what happened to the migrant workers who built the World Cup if Abdullah Ibhais is still in jail.

He said that it was the World Cup organizers who instigated the prosecution.

Any person deserved a fair trial that observed and respected due process, and that is what a Fifa spokesman said.

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I thought I might never make it out of the country.