Qatar: Kenyan Labor Rights Activist in Solitary Confinement
Subjected to Enforced Disappearance, Denied a Lawyer
UPDATE (May 30, 2021): Qatar s Government Communications Office stated that the Public Prosecution charged Malcolm Bidali with offenses related to “payments received by a foreign agent for the creation and distribution of disinformation within the State of Qatar,” but did not reveal additional details about his detention.
(Beirut) - Qatar’s state security services forcibly disappeared a Kenyan labor rights activist, Malcolm Bidali, on May 4, 2021, five human rights and labor rights organizations said today. More than three weeks later, Authorities are still refusing to reveal his whereabouts or explain why he has been detained. In a phone call to his mother on May 20, Mr. Bidali said he was being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day and that he had no access to a lawyer.
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Malcolm Bidali gave a presentation to a group of civil society organisations and trade unions about his experiences working in Qatar a week before his arrest © Private
Security guard Malcolm Bidali held in solitary confinement in undisclosed location after apparent phishing attack by authorities
Activist detained after giving presentation to trade union and civil rights groups
‘The lack of information is hard to bear’ - Bidali’s mother
The Qatari authorities must immediately reveal the whereabouts of detained Kenyan labour rights activist Malcolm Bidali, five human rights and labour rights organisations said today.
More than three weeks after Bidali, a 28-year-old security guard working in Qatar, was forcibly disappeared by state security services, the authorities are still refusing to reveal his whereabouts or explain his detention.
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