Brit who promoted Qatar died weeks after detention and ‘torture’ by country’s police
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2022
- He was the man Qatar called on to help shape their image in the eyes of the world. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
After the desert state won the right to host the 2022 World Cup later this year, it asked travel and tourism expert Marc Bennett to help sell the country as a modern, safe, forward thinking international tourism destination.
But after he signalled he wanted to leave his role, he found himself arrested, and detained for weeks.
Tonight, in her first television interview, Marc's wife Nancy tells of his shocking treatment, amid claims of brutality and torture, that ended with his death in a Qatari hotel room.
A warning, this report contains details some may find distressing.
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Mark Bennet is sadly and horrifically not the only foreign worker to die in Qatar. In February 2021 the Guardian published an article about the 6500 deaths of migrant workers (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal) in the ten years following the decision to hold the World Cup there. The article also adds "The total death toll is significantly higher, as these figures do not include deaths from a number of countries which send large numbers of workers to Qatar, including the Philippines and Kenya. " If the FA and the UK media had any decency they would boycott the World Cup; but there's loads of money to be made, so they'll happily help the Qatari regime sportwash its image.
It does go to show how oil and money trump human life. It seems governments pick and choose who to label as an evil regime depending on where they get their resources from.
Monstrous “FiveG” placed outside “Dementia Care Homes” end of life care ! In UK London (Fulham)
ruclips.net/video/BPhLCriFcyc/видео.html ..
This is misleading information, only 34 died from building the stadium, and most of them are not work related. Counting 6500, you’re counting people who died from work accidents, car accidents, natural causes, corona, even suicide, literally any cause which is not in any relation to the World Cup building.
In America thousands of people die in a DAY.
@@jn8922 Do you include Russia and Iran in your statement?
How do you know. How did they die .?
Beckham and the rest of the football world should be ashamed
Let’s face it, if Beckham sees a way of making a buck, he’ll do it. Hope he faces some backlash for promoting such a heinous regime.
He does it to fund all the Birkin bags his wife is collecting
@@leebarker6600 agreed they would sell their soul for a buck
These athletes are horrible role models
lots of millions assauge a lot of shame
Part of the responsibility goes to the British Embassy who failed to protect him especially when they knew Mark was illegally detained. He should have flown straight to Britain rather than keeping him in there.
RIP Mark, the only mistake you made was being brutally honest towards your employer Qatar Airways.
Yeah, let's ignore the stealing sensitive information from his employer. That's not a mistake at all.
@@abuyousefali A man's life worth more than a million times than some bullshit confidential information. You never know this is a set up by them when they realised he is leaving to a rival country for a better opportunity. You can't be honest with these imbeciles.
They didn't think that those people would be s%^#& to do such thing. Why no one is dealing with this? Why is the British Government quiet? This should be CONDEMNED AND INVESTIGATED.
@@abuyousefali but is it right to KILL HIM?????? This is such a primitive and cavemans way of thinking
@@top0378 because he was guilty of corporate espionage, and he didn't want to face the shame of what he did. Simple as that!
I was brought up in Doha and stayed there for 17 years and my gut says he didn't kill himself. RIP Mark
Take care Nancy !
17 years is nothing bro i hve lived there since 1957.
@@BOBMARLEYY007 Back then, it was the ''innocent years'' then...just limestone rock, pearls, limestone rock, a few camels & did I mention limestone rock..?!? 😉
I wouldn't ever go to those countries Qatar, Oman etc if you paid me ,
Japan is more worth it.
There are lots of Brits and French expats out there, apparently they love it. Each to their own I guess.
Oman is good... A truly beautiful country & all the Omanis I've met were super nice, very friendly & welcoming & so polite....👌👌👌
Qatar is literally is 100x safer than your country. 80% of the country are expats.
Oman and it’s people is lovely..
This is so heartbreaking 😭😭😭😭 my deepest sympathy to you and your family ❤❤❤
thank u
Qatar is believed to be the majority owner of the United Kingdom and ... a Qatari royal has given King Charles III large sums with no publicly known explanations.
This Channel 4 anti Arab propaganda video must be true because we know Brutish never lie, especially the highly honorable and extremally trustable British media
@@homer1273 It is true, son.
With the treatment of Louis Hamilton and the slavery and corruption involved in the world cup and the Olympics sexual abuse of gymnasts,drug cheating and any number of similar scandals ,organised sport has lost its wholesome veneer and is now a horrifying spectacle of hypocrisy and hubris and to be quite honest makes me feel a little sick watching it. Boycott football especially the world cup.
Here’s a name you’ll NEVER hear from the mouth of an Aljazeera reporter: Mark Bennett!
They killed him 100%
will never set foot in that area of the world
Yeah my wife thinks exactly the same. I proposed a holiday to Dubai, just to you know, see whats it about and she flat out refused. Especially for women this part of the world is dire.
@@ageoflove1980 Dubai & Abu Dhabi are alot more relaxed, & the Emirati folks (should you have any chance to encounter them...) are a far nicer, understanding, better educated & more worldly-wise than the Qataris...
@@_Ben4810 Okay good to know! And I wasnt criticizing the people itself, Im sure that most are perfectly reasonable. Just the fact that you can have doubts about certain human rights issues when looking at the politics. But yeah, good to point that out. Its easy to think that all the Gulf states are alike for Western people while perhaps thats not the case at all.
Please visit South Africa, very safe .
@@ageoflove1980 It's the people who make the place....& set the rules, attitudes & atmosphere...They always say Qatar is half-way (in every sense culturally...) between the relaxed UAE & hard line Saudi Arabia....
Wow, it's so awful. The government of Qatar must be responsible for his death
This Channel 4 anti Arab propaganda video must be true because we know Brutish never lie, especially the highly honorable and extremally trustable British media
It's so crazy the years of exploitation, deceit and bloodshed that go into these sorts of events (World Cup, Olympics etc) for only 2 months of use, all the while the rich and massive corporations profit and the lives of ordinary hard working people are exploited
The whole point of the World Cup being held in Qatar was so the elite locals & their chosen deputies could legally access the huge sovereign wealth funds via their many businesses...It has both enriched & emboldened ALOT of people there...
Who decided to give Qatar the right to host the football World Cup in the summer in the Arabian desert. The heat alone is going to kill who knows how many people, both players and tourists alike.
@@michaelverbakel7632 Nevermind the tourist and players. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people are dead already. They have been sacrificial worker ants for a State trying to grow popularity, notoriety and to cash in big time. By committing awful acts essentially enslaving people and forcing them to work without human rights as they have no other option most of the time than return to neighbouring countries back to the desolation they fled from. How David Beckham can even put his face to this when this stuff is going on so overtly is beyond me. Does this guy really need the money that badly? Nothing like a bit of integrity...
@@michaelverbakel7632 its being Hosted in the winter thankfully but the poor workers had to work in that shitty heat
This is a misconception, qatar has been considerate when it comes to workers, ie. They put scheds before 10am and after 3pm-4pm. And for 1, those workers have been working on their own volition, if they were really abused, they wouldn't want to stay with those jobs and will just chose to come back in their own countries. Sadly, qatar has a higher paying job compared to the home countries of those who works in there.
This was always the worst 'country' to ever host the World Cup.
So imagine now we have more than 600 casualties in the name of world cup in Qatar, how this is even acceptable?
My condolences. Not a surprise considering FIFA want to organize an event in a country with medieval laws and values. I for one won't be watching.
Yeah its so weird... What if you are a gay football player and get selected for the squad? You literally risk your life when you decide to participate there.
@@ageoflove1980 There is an active gay scene in Doha...being a gay footballer is not a problem, the same as being a gay Filipino document controller on a Doha construction project....It just takes subtlety, & no requirement for rainbow flags or Stonewall.
@@_Ben4810
Qatar is gutter, crow wearing feathers doesn't become peacock.
Qataris are minorities in their own country. South Asian managers are the ones doing the abusing and Qataris are getting blamed.
BOYCOTT the World Cup in Qatar.
Having worked in the middle east for many years in Saudi, Qatar, UAE, it is not an area that I would recommend for people who expect western civil rights. Be careful if you go there. You are not where you are normally comfortable.
Qataris are minorities in their own country. South Asian managers are the ones doing the abusing and Qataris are getting blamed.
@@haliib1107 🤣🤣🤣 South Asian managers...??? Name me a company that doesn't have the Qatari-favoured Egyptian or Lebanese managers strategically positioned throughout the business..? 😉
I’m soo very sorry for the loss of your husband. It’s a disgrace that he suffered before he died. I can’t imagine what you’re going through.
I believe you when you say he wouldn’t have taken his own life.
Thanks for those very kind words you directed towards Nancy.....it means a lot to me to read all the nice and supportive comments.
As one of my best friends this will continue to bash me up for ever.
We played in the same football and rugby teams together . I had the honour of being his best man and carried his coffin.
He was a beautiful pal and I miss him ❤ x
It's sad, but he went over there fully aware of the type regime they have, he knew about their record of human rights abuse and was there to make them look good in the eyes of westerners.
By working, or bringing business to places like this you are tacitly supporting the regime and their abuses.
But ofc.
Good point. His murder was horrific and inexcusable but I can't help but note the irony of promoting a country as a safe, civilized nation and in return being murdered for it.
That’s not true 😂, he was arrested because he was leaking confidential information about Qatar airways to Saudi at the time Qatar was under blockage by them, and he did it to himself. Then he committed suicide.
@@Qthetar and he tortured himself as well? 😯
@@owenb8636 He was never tortured, he’s clearly lying, he literally gets to have phone calls and talk to his family, and then was released after 3 weeks, if they wanted to torture him they wouldn’t have released him after just 3 weeks, they sent him back to a hotel and he was free to roam the country and was permitted not leave the country until he gets permission if ever especially during the tough times with Saudi and UAE blockade. He didn’t care about Qatar and what it would do to their safety. He was held captive after the authorities found that he was leaking highly confidential information to Saudis, at that time Qatar was under blockade by them and any leak of information to rivals is considered against the safety of the country. He knew what he was doing yet still did it. He wanted to quit and go to Saudi too, a much more corrupt country. Make that make sense.
My deepest sympathies to his family . God bless 😢 so so terrible
God you really believe anything ha?
I’ve been to Qatar and did not get a warm fuzzy about the place. I’m sure there are lovely people there but did not trust the authorities. I’ll be happy to never go back.
Amen to that I was the same went there for job interview, had nothing but red flags and bad vibes. I met with them then told them I would discuss “terms” when I got back to the UK. They had my “thanks but no thanks”, 5 minutes of me touching down in Heathrow. If I never go to another Arab country again I won’t loose any sleep over it. Yes I know it’s stereotyping but haven’t had a good experience in any.
@@seanpadgett3053 you’re racist.
@@seanpadgett3053 As a European, working for arabs is simple. They just want what's in your head. If you can impart that knowledge & experience into the company even better. Then your co-workers from other nations on half to a third of your salary begin to pick-up & learn from all your experience, & before you realise it, they are ready to do your job & you are surplus to requirements, with no thanks for inadvertently training the lower-salaried staff who replace you.
@@_Ben4810 Ben I have seen that many times, the cycle continues when Arab nationals replace folks like myself, they think the job is easy it isn’t. They tend to be less “pro active”, then things go downhill. More expats are brought in only to be replaced at later date then brought back again when things go wrong. It’s never ending cycle….
Why are they talking about it now??? The west media is so corrupted to the core. Qatar is beautiful country, and everyone would love to live there. Don't forget what the west did in Libya, Iraq and Afgan, by killing millions of innocents' children and families. Talk about this my friend.
FIFA has blood on its hands, Qatar should never have been awarded the World Cup. As for Beckham he should have politely declined to promote Qatar, but the money, oh the money.................
😂 England tortures expats they do have their own camps too
I am so sorry to Mark Bennet's family and friends.
Not to mention all the migrant workers who died building the football stadiums don't watch this world cup make it a expensive disaster for them 😎👍
My heartfelt sympathies to the family members and the widow.
Don't watch the stupid World Cup.. Don't promote it.. Don't buy related products.. Don't advertise it.. just ignore it completely..
Where are you from?
@@Qthetar nice try. We know where you’re from.
I will watch football world cup and will promote it
The question now that posses itself is what are the British government going to do to defend the safety and dignity of His Majesty's subjects?
If anything may deem a threat to British interests , they will this...
Nothing.
Nothing....as usual. You need to get up to speed with just how little a British Consulate will actually do for a Brit abroad.....they're not babysitters...
Britain has become a spineless shell of what it once was
Because the British consulate gives enough warnings to people out there to respect their laws
Don't Ever Rely on The Snivelling, Old Etonian, Tossers Who Represent The So Called British Government Abroad, Most of Them are Only There Because They Were Useless at Their Job in The UK Ps. Now We've Got A Real Waste Of Space Called Truss Telling The Wankers what to do, God Help Us.
This is what happens when you let money distract you from who you’re dealing with.
Why are they talking about it now??? The west media is so corrupted to the core. Qatar is beautiful country, and everyone would love to live there. Don't forget what the west did in Libya, Iraq and Afgan, by killing millions of innocents' children and families. Talk about this my friend.
@@MrGengad
Qatar is gutter runs bondage labour system, a crow wearing some feathers doesn't become Peacock.
Qataris are minorities in their own country. South Asian managers are the ones doing the abusing and Qataris are getting blamed.
Good luck to anyone who wants to go on holiday to this part of the world.
If they are that stupid
Yes, I have no interest in fake sterile rotten nations,I don't like the culture,but that goes for many countries that their culture is ' anything goes '
Anybody holidaying in the Gulf is either heartless or wilfully ignorant.
It should be boycotted en masse
please do not go.
Middle East countries are real threat for human rights.. everyone please think twice to go there….
I saw a lot of low level jobs doing by Indians.. Pakistani … Filipino .. now really worrying about that poor people.. may god bless u all..
Sorry for u r loss.. be strong..
And passports are taken from people making it impossible to leave
In America it’s far worse
@@carolined5923 ? my passport is here fine with me
Not true
Living for the last 8 year in UAE abu dhabi. One of the most peaceful country. At least I will not agree regarding UAE. I am enjoying with my family with no worries. Long live UAE my 2nd home.
Why are we only hearing about this now if it happened last xmas? Almost certainly diplomatic back and forth for the last 10 months which only lends credence to the theory that there was foul play.
The UK diplomatic staff in Doha are useless....All they want to avoid is any upset with the Qataris caused by UK citizens , & God forbid that upset might become public....
They have oil and gas so hush, hush. British citizens or anyone are collateral damage.
It wasn’t on the Dutch news.
The Palestinian shot female journalist in Israel was. That was safe. Democracy versus Fascist islam state.
This Channel 4 anti Arab propaganda video must be true because we know Brutish never lie, especially the highly honorable and extremally trustable British media
you hear it now from the uk propaganda media because the World cup is going to start in Qatar and probably Qatar didn't want to sell gas to Britain
@@homer1273this story is very true....please believe me.
I am not the British media just the one of guys who had the honour of carrying his coffin.
He was murdered .
Please have respect for my great friend......thank you
An innocent man got killed for no reason.Such a heartbreaking news.Condolences to his family.Such a beautiful family got shattered into pieces.No words.🙏🏻💔💔
you dont know what happened or who he is and who killed him. all you know is what the british media is feeding you
The British Embassy failed him.
I worked in Qatar for 5 years; the website was shut down as it was filled with comments on how bad the Qataris were
Why would you live there for all these if it wasn't that convenient for you? Hypocites.
@@ranwanasfi6035 I found out at the end of my assignment, i lived in town and on camp, i loved it. People know what the regimes are and have a choice not to go. I chose to go.... many years ago.
@@ranwanasfi6035 Because as time goes on, you begin to observe, to think, to take-in, & to eventually question your surroundings....That is the way it works in the Middle East for any expat or migrant worker...
@@jocheng4322 China has much harsher immigration policies than the West
@@jocheng4322 You misunderstand regarding the wall in the USA. They are building that wall, still under construction, to keep ILLEGAL migrants out. The USA welcomes immigrants as long as they enter LEGALLY.
I have worked and/or lived in 30 different countries. I never felt comfortable in any Arab country including Qatar and could get out of them quick enough. Yes sometimes you feel threatened but what I didn’t like was being treated like a second class citizen or even worse. I couldn’t imagine how they would treat people doing low level jobs from 3rd world countries!!!!!!
Or maybe that says something about you and your character.
Nah holiday is fine work is different.
I was treated the same when I lived in Europe :)
people in Europe are also treated as second class citizen's depending their nationality
@@evilkhamzat and maybe not. And what?
I’m actually glad Scotland didn’t qualify fit this cup- it’s mired in abuses
I am actually glad Southgate makes England so unattractive to watch so I don’t need to watch the WC.
Its true. I worked there for six years. They dont treat us as human😢😢😢.
But you stayed for 6 years 🤔 hmm.
Where are you from ? But you work there for 6 years
Lesson: don't have business with or visit countries that violate human rights and where there is no rule of law, free press or independence of powers (executive, legislature, justice).
That is indeed my first rule.
Is there a single country where these violations are not present?
@@marmara9741 I count the countries where these violations are considered CRIMES, not policy, like in Russia.
I think you can do business with +/- 30 countries in the world.
True: like Russia, Usa, Israel, and arab countries.
Important for any individual to be weary of the Arab countries in general - There's a lot of racism and treatment of foreigners as second class citizens. In particular in the Emirates, Arabs there won't be treated like this but if you are not Arab, you have to accept the possibility this could happen to you.
RIP Mark. You deserved so much better. I hope these people suffer for what they did to you. You were murdered in a Muslim country and I am so sorry for that.
"you were murdered in a Muslim country"? Pray tell, how many people were murdered in "Christian" countries? Yes, Mark was murdered in a dictatorship, but the fact that you had to inject religion in your comment shows your racism.
Another ignorant remark. Don't generalise. Dubai is the safest place. My second home is a second home to so many single and married Europeans living here safely for many years. Don't include all Arab countries if you haven't lived in all, that's ignorant.
@@top0378 so safe? You know what it's been exposed paying women on Instagram for don't you? All are trash countries that should be left alone no part in the world till they get some kind of moral compass an drop pathetic sexist and medieval beliefs
racism is everywhere. but his death is not about that it might be something with business and being a spy in disguise.
@@top0378 no its not, I'm a well educated black woman and i faced racism in Dubai from every angle! Even from semi illiterate Pakistanis, Indians, Egyptians etc. They treat Africans like monsters and they hate us. What religion do they profess again?
So there's no proof of torture or any proof of foul play.
Stuck to his story after days of mental and physical torture ? Remarkable.
Probably Bs
Rest In Peace Mark 🌹🌹🌹 So sorry for his wife, family and friends 😢 Thoughts and prayers with them 🙏🙏🙏
I can't understand why people go to these places when time after time stories like this come out.
Money
There should be a formal enquiry into the manner in which the British Embassy handled this. They are clearly no more than toothless chihuahuas in the eyes of these tyrannical countries.
The British Government Now A Laughing Stock in The World, They Let This Man Down, They Should Have Got Him out of The Country Fast, He was Going to work for The Murdering Saudis (Frying Pan into The Fire) 😎
And nothing will be said or done by our government because there's too much money coming from Qatari hands.
I don't understand!! he us a British citizen. What was the embassy doing while he was detained????
I lived in the middle east for 10 years and had some of the worst experiences in my life , I wouldn't ever go back there the corruption is beyond imaginable 🤢😡
i believe you 100% percent, Indonesia and Thailand are terrible as well, worst things ive seen in Indonesia - Immigration officers asking for money if they see you have cash in your wallet, grab online food orders are fake , japan is really indo street food in japanese box , fake doctors that have no insurance or failed university but still practising for over 10 years in the country ! local friends that dont want to help buy you stuff at the market because there own kind will keep saying hey we can rip of the white guy together his a foriegner , why dont we work together and help me, airlines in Indonesia that let me onto the plane with a passport that was expired and said its ok only to get to Singapore and they get angry and ask how i get on the plane so easy with that ---ummm its Indonesia , you get sick of it it just builds up anger and then you wont nothing to do with it..... Thailand is terrible with the police a 100% chance they never ever will help a foriegner if you get a problem with a local, the local wins every single time which is why when you see people hurt you never stop just keep walking so nobody can blame the white guy
Qatar is just what happens when you combine North-Korea with lots of money. Suddenly idiology and human rights are not so important at all apparently.
It's never been their ideology though. People really need to understand the concept of human life being equal is the ideology of democracy and there's no democracy there. There never will be democracy because they don't want it.
An oil rich North Korea is a brilliant comparison. I'm an ex Muslim. I would never set foot in these Islamic dictatorships.
@@sulaymanmurtad5434 Maybe especially as a Muslim? Im not a Muslim and not a scholar, but as far as I understand it, the teachings of the Quran do not advertise that sort of behaviour at all. Its more like its used as an excuse.
@@ageoflove1980 100% true
@@ageoflove1980 I'm not claiming this tragic death has anything to do with Islam. Sounds like it is the result of your garden variety police state. I'm just speaking of the general lack of human rights that prevails in the region. My family is Muslim. They're wonderful people. I'd be the last to impugn their character. But Islam is a totally different subject. The Quran and hadith are filled with hate and oppression, and this translates to the draconian laws you get in Shariah.
Most victims of it, as you indicate, are liberal minded Muslims who suffer the brunt. To be fair most legal codes written in the ancient world are no different so in this respect Islam is not unique. What is unique is how slow it has been to change. The good news is that almost no Muslim country (with the possible exception of Afghanistan under the Taliban) follows Shariah to the letter. Their legal systems are often a mishmash of Islamic and secular laws, which is welcome news.
The other bit of good news is that Saudi Arabia, perhaps the worst example of what Islam looks like at its most literal, is now undergoing a process of liberalization under the new crown prince Mohammed bin Salman who is throwing Shariah overboard. Similar developments are afoot with the mass protests against the Islamic regime of Iran now underway.
He got trapped in Saudi Qatar fight 😢
Did Beckham really get £150m for this advertising deal ?
tax free too
Yep 😂
They will buy this story under the carpet. #BrutalDictatorship
But the World Cup will still be played there
@@elorebenyame2016 Typical overly-sensitive & paranoid Qatari then....😉
@@elorebenyame2016 Interesting, so there are no homeless at all there ?
What happens if someone has no money, job or disability - is there state help or free housing ?
@@elorebenyame2016 Okay, thanks for sharing - I'm happy that it's not a problem there.
They do and they don't help them, you have to understand a large number of people on the street (not all but many) want to be on the street for many reasons or they have had chances of running a property but have abused it due to perhaps addiction and mental illness etc. - it's a complex topic in many ways and no one size fits all solutions have been found ... yet.
@@elorebenyame2016 No shame here, but you seem to forget the thousands of migrant workers living in the most appalling labour camps in Al Sanaya...??? & any destitute or homeless persons in Doha are soon swept-up by the Al Fazaa & deported..... Tell Allah to look more closely at your Emir, because it's his colleagues & appointed favoured elite who are the biggest looters in your country....
@@thebesttheworst2277 It's called buying-off the citizens....Giving the Qatari locals big annual cash hand-outs, free utilities, subsidized staple food stuffs (which the locals, ever wanting to make a riyal or two, then sell-on to their house staff at a profit for a subsequent re-sale amongst fellow migrant workers), reduced price Toyota Land Cruisers etc. is just a way of the ruling Al Thani family to keep the population happy & avoid any 'Arab Spring' style uprising....
If a ''President'' Tony Blair had given each UK citizen that same bounty we'd all still be voting for him even now...!
Really the advert with David Beckham, in a video about torture
Sounds like an average Wednesday for the millions of indian, pakistani, bangladeshi and filipino workers working there. Gulf countries are rich - aided and funded by the west - but their hearts are some of the most impoverished. Forget kindness, their governments don't even understand basic human rights.
Condolences for the woman's family.
Have you lived in Dubai? Don't generalise if you haven't lived here for years like many europeans and Asians. Dubai is a totally different place
Why! Didn’t he go straight to the `British Consulate! On his release?
Because her story is made up
British Consulate are useless...They will not get involved in disputes or even mistreatment of citizens...They just want an easy & smooth relationship between the countries....
It’s a fake story. He was held captive for only like 3 weeks after the authorities found that he was leaking highly confidential information to Saudis, at that time Qatar was under blockage by them and any leak of information to rivals is considered against the safety of the country. He knew what he was doing yet still did it.
Well I don't see why anyone should discover qatar (!!??)... just leave it be in that desert. And for soccer I sure give no s*it. Still pitty for the guy. But one generally shouldn't make a slave-owners--states into tourist destinations. It can end bad.
Never ever trust someone who claims to be welcoming yet they force women to wear a circus tent over their bodies...
@Poupee. Qatar is not like Saudi Arabia; very many Qatari women expose faces and wear no face mask; can have jobs whilst being married and some go out with male friends. They do, usually, wear an abaya - a thin sort of coat - certainly not a " circus tent ". I have seen many out shopping without male escort in Qatar, but never in Saudi Arabia. There are rules - and there are problems and one can still get into difficulties: by no means is every situation benign.
Your comment suggests that you have never been there. Would I be correct in thinking that you speak whilst being ignorant of facts and, perhaps, merely from an anti-Islamic point of view?
Sad story but once he was released from detention centre…….he should have been protected by british consulate and send back home to uk. I don’t understand why he was ready to go to a party
They don't get involved in individual cases...sadly. Had this been reversed roles happening in the UK, the guy would have been out of the country using a newly issued diplomatic passport sat in First Class on the first available Qatar Airways flight....
@@_Ben4810 thanks Ben…..i did not realise that this is the case.
I can't believe they've been able to continue with it. It's beyond the pale what has happened here to produce a tournament that gives so many people such joy. Its built on death and slave labour. Shouldve pulled out long ago.
Your channel should publicise this story.
I am so so sorry it should never have happened my heart goes out to you and your family are in my prayers
Why am I not surprised
Bravo. A coroner with integrity.
Let's hope the only benefit of this corrupt football world cup is that even more people find out about how horrific countries like Qatar are.
Unless David Beckham, Gary Neville, Gary Lineker, Big Al Shearer, even Cristiano Ronaldo walk out of their 5 star hotels, jump in a taxi, take a £5 taxi ride to certain parts Al Sanaya Industrial Area in Doha, & actually walk the unpaved, unfinished dirt tracks & roads, smell what thousands of labourers living together smells like, see how after decades there is still no connected sewerage or drinking water systems (everything comes in & out via truck tankers), they eat the home made labourers' curry & rice & even spend a night sleeping in a labour camp.....nothing will come to the global public attention & it's now too late for change....
Absolutely disgusting
Condolences to the family - truly saddening for the partner. Unfortunately these stories are reminiscent across poorer countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Nepal and so forth and this story is just the tip of the iceberg. Poorer workers regularly experience truly devastating standards of treatment due to their nationality and their colour of skin. This behaviour is widespread across many Arab continents. I really hope FIFA World Cup in Qatar doesn't gain much popularity, attention and revenue because Qatar does not deserve to host a wonderful tournament like the world Cup. If any it needs boycotting and transfered to a western country like the UK or USA.
FIFA will do nothing. It's up to individual countries committees to boycott the tournament
People wonder why I will be boycotting the world cup.
As if another reason was needed.
Alot of the Arab nation are so close to change but then they lurch back to bad behaviour at the first sign of trouble.
It's a sign of weakness not strength.
Between this and all the questionable sponsorships soccer looks like a horrid mess.
And the Czech republic has recently agreed to open a consulate / embassy for this barbaric country there! That was to purchase gas from Qatar due to the current eneregy crisis. Barbars!
Respect urself
Lived here ten years now and have never felt more comfortable and have never felt more safe anywhere else in the world.
Let's google the amount of workers that died building infastructure in the UK? Over the last 10 years? It would be in the thousands too...
Why didn't he go to the British consulate! Why!!! Why!!!!!!!!!!
Sustainable energy is the future . This Oil reach nations would not have that much power over poor. Some are compassionate and caring and do good with their wealth, but horrific stories we hear about abuse are also , unfortunately , true .
Qataris are minorities in their own country. South Asian managers are the ones doing the abusing and Qataris are getting blamed.
This news item needs to go viral so the whole world can see what goes on in this country. Screw the world cup and screw FIFA.
Why are they talking about it now??? The west media is so corrupted to the core. Qatar is beautiful country, and everyone would love to live there. Don't forget what the west did in Libya, Iraq and Afgan, by killing millions of innocents' children and families. Talk about this my friend.
@@MrGengad nonono they can't talk about that, its always about "terrorism" and "slavery"
they killed probably over 1.4 mil muslims and thats nothing right
I agree with you mootsmanuva !!
Shocking
Where was the:British Embassy's assistance in all this?!RIP Mark......
Country with no human rights what you hope? Well this is the answer they Don't make this types of news public. He did so much for qatar 🇶🇦 and he gets a reward of his life well done bravo.
Wow… this is awful. All that shines and shimmers is not always good.
People are waking up to them devil.
Back in 2006 i was travelling back to Wales when them devil took my passport for 4 days. Its same with the UAE. All backwards.
Btw am Muslim myself.
Best of luck to this family and getting justice.
This is suspect. The man gets detained without charges, gets tortured, then, after release under conditions, he doesn't go directly to the UK consulate but rents a luxury hotel apartment? And on Xmas he reads a book?
Channel 4 should rather talk about the horrific treatment of migrant/slave workers in that area of the world.
All countries should boycott the World Cup, to attend is to condone these crimes against humanity
Foul play...may you rest in peace and may your family overcome this terrible terrible tragedy... prayers and love!
Basef on the victim being beaten, murdered , then that David Beckham is now trying to promote the place is so disgusting.
🙄🙄🙄 SEE NO FREEDOM IN THAT PLACE.
Unbelievable. If the guy wants to leave then let him leave. Qatari got too much money and it blinding them from right and wrong.
Don't believe everything you read, Why are they talking about it now??? The west media is so corrupted to the core. Qatar is beautiful country, and everyone would love to live there. Don't forget what the west did in Libya, Iraq and Afgan, by killing millions of innocents' children and families. Talk about this my friend.
Rest in perfect peace! 🕊️
Unfortunately he is not the only person handcuffed and taken out of this famous HQ. Many others haven taken this way tortured some survive some die. The QR higher officials always gets their way by playing with the lives of innocent employees. The evidence gets erased so no one is able to prove it ever.
What else do you expect from an arab oil monarchy?
As cruel as it sounds, this man got a darwin award for trusting wolves
@@elorebenyame2016 Our new king is a vain and foolish man of limited intelligence and questionable taste in architecture. I can write this without fear of reprisals (except possibly abuse from monarchists). If I were in Qatar and said the same about its ruler I'd lose my liberty or my life. Think about it.
Migrant workers have been raising the alarm on the brutality of these arab governments but why would anyone listen to a Pakistani laborer..smh
@@roderickjoyce6716 well said
@@elorebenyame2016 I am not a christian, but if you are to use Christian doctrine, may you know that he who is without sin may throw the first stone
@@edmundprice5276 I think thats a troll trying to bait people into replying to idiotic drivel. Where are hundreds of people dying on the streets?
Stay away from this part of the world.
I'm so damned sure Qatar's a great vacation destination, now.
Just shows doesn't it. Money rules the world. No ground dwelling human wants these human rights abusers anywhere near international sport but here we are.
And, also silence about how many migrant workers were tortured and killed building the stadium.
How terribly sad and how frightening however if I really feel that there were plenty of red flags that he should have got out if the country any way he could. There is absolutely no respect for life in a number if countries especially if they decide you are not on their side. RIP Mark.
The advert that was presented to me when I clicked on the link was David Beckham promoting Qatar.
me too!
So Sad.
So sad indeed Rip
I suppose it would've been prudent to not inform them of his future plans, and knowing the tensions between the two countries, should've considered it taboo to even mention Saudi Arabia. But tragically should've, could've, can't bring him back. It's all sinister and dangerous.
I would never travel to those countries even if you give me a free ticket. Nobody should go
Disgusting !
USA tortured Muslim in guantanamo bay prison..any comment?
This Is a British channel. They would never.
Heard I all need to hear to boycott the world cup. Sad that England players won't be doing the same.