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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.” ....
Share on Twitter A number of Australians will remain separated from their families this Christmas, as they face unknown fates in prisons and detention centres across the world. She served two years and three months of a 10-year prison sentence after being accused of spying by the Iranian government - allegations she steadfastly denies. READ MORE Iranian authorities claimed three of the country s citizens were released in exchange for Dr Gilbert-Moore, but the Australian Government has refused to confirm what, if any, arrangements led to her release. But while Dr Gilbert-Moore is now able to spend Christmas with her loved ones, others are still waiting to learn their fate. ....
Professor Lukman Thalib told relatives that his blood pressure and heart rate had become dangerously low Professor Lukman Thalib (right) received a teaching award at Qatar University in 2018. He is a public health expert and helped Qatar with its covid-19 response (Supplied) By Published date: 16 December 2020 17:12 UTC | Last update: 3 months 2 weeks ago The family of an Australian professor held without charge for five months in Qatar say they fear for his life after his alleged ill-treatment in detention. Professor Lukman Thalib and his son Ismail Talib, both Australian citizens, have been detained in Doha since July. Their arrests came three months before the US accused one of Thalib s sons, Ahmed Luqman Talib, who lives in Australia, of being an alleged financial facilitator of Al-Qaeda. ....
Share Share on Twitter Until almost five months ago, Lukman Thalib was an accomplished public health professor working passionately to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Qatar. But, according to his daughter Maryam Talib, that all changed on the afternoon of 27 July when at least six people in plain clothes barged into his security complex - “kidnapping style” - and arrested Professor Thalib, 58, and his son, Ismail Talib, 24. “No words, no paper, no charge, nothing was presented,” she told SBS News from Turkey. Ms Talib’s mother and younger sister were also at the complex when the arrests took place. “It shook us to our core … we’ve got absolutely no idea what’s been going on. Why on earth things have unfolded the way they are. I’m just hoping it’s a big mistake.” ....
‘No one is held accountable, we are facing systematic destruction of the state,’ says lawyer Updated 13 April 2021 April 12, 2021 21:40 BEIRUT: As Lebanon marks the 46th anniversary of its bloody civil war on April 13, public figures are warning that the country’s worsening crisis could lead to new conflict. Though the regional and international situation is now different, Lebanon still faces the same fault lines that lead to the eruption of war in 1975. The country’s unprecedented economic and social crisis, coupled with political gridlock, presents a situation that some are warning is reminiscent of pre-war Lebanon. In 1990, fighting stopped after the signing of the Taif Agreement, which established a political settlement that has remained until today. ....