Before football World Cup: Norwegian journalist arrested in Qatar

In Qatar, a Norwegian reporter has repeatedly been arrested, which researches the World Cup in the desert state.

As the journalist Harvard Menaces confirmed to the newspaper Vassal Gang, the police detained him after a word of words with another man on Thursday for 24 hours. The 48-year-old is still located in Qatar, where he is traveling for the magazine Josiah.

Menaces reported he had a man watching how this two young hotel workers scurried and put them to talk. It followed said word of words, according to which his counterparty called the police. Half a minute later, I sat in handcuffs in a police car, Menaces said.

But he had been treated well, reported the reporter. He was allowed to keep his equipment and continue to pursue on the spot. An indictment was not collected against him.

Already in the past week, the arrest of two Norwegian television journalists in Doha worldwide had caused headlines worldwide. They had been held 32 hours and are now back in the home.

Norway ordered the Atari Ambassador in response to the incident, Premier Jonas Gar Store called the arrest as unacceptable. Background, reports should have been about the World Cup.