His daughter, Maryam Luqman Talib, said the family was “overwhelmed with joy” at their release.
Maryam Talib and other relatives say they were not notified of the arrests for 40 days.
“My father and brother are naturally relieved to be back with their family but are still struggling to comprehend and come to terms with the chilling and horrifying five months that they left behind them,” she told the Guardian.
“The extent of damage done on their health is yet to be ascertained but what can be seen to the naked eye speaks volumes of the merciless torture they went through.”
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An Australian biostatistics professor – who worked as part of Qatar s coronavirus task force – and his son are being
detained without charge
Prof
Lukman Thalib, 58, and his son Ismail Talib, 24, were arrested at their home in Doha in July.
Three months after their arrest, the US State Department named another of the academic s sons, who lives in Australia, as an alleged “financial facilitator” of Al Qaeda.
Prof
Thalib has lived
in Qatar since 2015 and was working as one of its leading public health officials on its pandemic response.
The father of four was the head of the Department of Public Health at Qatar University.
Australian professor and son detained in Qatar for five months without charge Christopher Knaus An Australian public health professor and his son have been detained in Qatar for almost five months without charge, and are receiving consular assistance from the Australian embassy.
Australian citizens Prof Lukman Thalib, 58, and his son Ismail Talib, 24, were arrested at their home in Doha by local authorities on 27 July, and are being kept at an undisclosed location.
The arrests came roughly three months before the United States named another of Prof Thalib’s sons, who lives in Australia, as an alleged “financial facilitator” of al-Qaida.