Qatari agents acting on behalf of Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani alleged to have falsely imprisoned British national Fawaz al-Attiya in DohaA former prime minister of Qatar is attempting to employ his UK diplomatic immunity to halt a court case in London where he is accused of being responsible for the alleged torture of a British citizen.
Fawaz al-Attiya,a UK national born in London, claims that Qatari agents acting on behalf of Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani falsely imprisoned him in Doha for 15 months and subjected him to conditions amounting to torture. Attiya claims he was kept in solitary confinement, or deprived of sleep and only let out in handcuffs to be interrogated.
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Source: theguardian.com