Doha, Qatar – A Kenyan citizen who was arrested in Qatar last month accused of “spreading misinformation”, have been released, according to rights organizations and their employers.
Malcolm Send 28-year-old, who works as a security guard for GSS Certis in the capital Doha, was arrested on May 5 from that accommodation and “investigated for violating Qatar’s security laws and regulations,” the Qatar Government Communications Office (GCO) said last month.
On May 30, the GCO said Send “was formally charged with a foreign agent for misinformation within the State of Qatar and for crimes related to payments received for distributing misinformation.”
Salem al-Mohannadi, owner of GSS Certis, has confirmed to Al Jazeera that the 28-year-old has been released.