Tuesday, October 31, 2023

India-Qatar ties strained by 'spy' death sentences

"Days after a Qatari court sentenced eight Indian naval veterans to death, India's External

Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with the men's families in New Delhi and promised that the government would make "all efforts" to help release them.....The veteran officers had worked for Al Dahra, a private Gulf-based company....the men — who had been arrested in Doha in August 2022 — were accused of spying for a "third country," while The Times of
India said "various reports claimed they were accused of spying for Israel."..."While the specific charges were never disclosed publicly, their confinement in solitary cells hinted at possible security related offences," an intelligence official told DW on condition of anonymity." DW

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