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    Americans Facing Death Penalty in Qatar Released on Bail

    A California couple living in Qatar facing possible execution for allegedly starving their daughter to death was released on bail Wednesday after almost a year in jail.

    Matt and Grace Huang were released on bail, but the court imposed a travel ban that prevents them from returning to the U.S.

    The couple has been imprisoned since January after their 8-year-old adopted daughter Gloria died, they say, from unknown complications from a childhood eating disorder. But the Qatari authorities charged them with forced starvation and intent to murder. The police accuse the Huangs of trafficking Gloria and her brothers to harvest their organs.

    The Huangs, who are Asian-American, accuse the Qatari authorities of faulty evidence and cultural ignorance, failing to understand how or why they would have three children from Africa.

    In addition to Gloria, the Huangs have two adopted boys -- one from Ghana, the other from Uganda -- forming a bi-racial family rarely seen in oil-rich Qatar, which is void of much diversity (except for Asian workers who go to work as laborers) and where adoptions are scarce.

    Matt Huang is a Stanford University-trained engineer who moved his family to Qatar last year for a two-year job on an infrastructure project for the 2022 World Cup. Photos posted online show the smiling family on vacation on horseback and in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra.

    On Jan. 15, Matt Huang went to check on a sleeping Gloria. He claims he found her on the floor, foaming at the mouth and barely breathing. He has said he attempted CPR for 40 minutes, after which Gloria was pronounced dead. Gloria hadn't shown signs of ill health, but hadn't eaten for several days, something she would do several times a year, Huang said. At other times, she would overeat. The Huangs said she had a cyclical eating disorder caused by her first four years as a malnourished orphan in extreme poverty in Ghana. She was adopted with a parasitic infection and vitamin D deficiency and showed signs of more potential deficiencies to come.

    The Qatari pathologist said Gloria was emaciated and her death certificate listed dehydration and cachexia -- a rare medical syndrome where the body doesn't absorb nutrients properly -- as the causes of death.

    But the prosecution accused the Huangs of starving Gloria, charged them with murder and asked for the death penalty.

    "Our understanding is that this case is the result of a very small group of policemen who failed to accurately interpret fact of case due to deep cultural differences," family spokesman Eric Volz told ABC News, adding that they were "perplexed" about the starvation charge since the prosecution were the first ones to mention it.

    Tissue samples haven't been given to the defense to examine independently, but a medical expert hired by the defense argued that there are half a dozen causes of death ranging from pancreatic cancer to a diabetic condition that could have led to a seizure.

    "It's safe to assume her immune system was not at her highest state," said Volz.

    Wednesday was the first time since their January arrest that the Huangs were able to argue their case. Seven witnesses were called, several of them expatriate friends from the non-denominational Christian church the Huangs attended who were at their house the day before Gloria died.

    They testified that she appeared to be in good health, playing with her brothers and walking up stairs. The defense argued that it's medically impossible be walking around one day and to die of starvation the next.

    After the morning proceedings, the judge agreed to release the Huangs on bail but imposed a travel ban that won't let them leave the country to join their two sons who are back in the United States being cared for by family.

    "Though we see this as a positive step, their trial is not over," Grace Huang's brother said in a statement. "Until then, our family prays that the hearts and minds of the judicial leaders will be pointed to the truth."

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    US couple gets 3 years in jail over death of adopted daughter

    Doha: A Qatari court on Thursday condemned a US couple from Los Angeles to three years in prison for causing the death of their adopted eight-year-old daughter.

    Matthew and Grace Huang were arrested in January 2013 after their daughter Gloria from Ghana died and accused of causing her death in order to sell her organs.

    The couple were also ordered to pay a fine of 15,000 riyals ($4,100) each and will be deported after serving their sentence.

    But reading the verdict, the judge did not specify the exact charges for which the Huangs were sentenced.

    They have two weeks to appeal.

    “We have just been wrongfully convicted and we feel as if we are being kidnapped by the Qatar judicial system,” Matthew Huang said in a statement read to reporters outside the court.

    “This verdict is wrong and appears to be nothing more than an effort to save face,” he said.

    “We are calling on United States President [Barack] Obama to call the head of state in Qatar and explain to him why American families adopt high-needs children,” said Huang.

    He said the ruling must be “overturned immediately and we should be allowed to go home.”

    The couple of Asian origin were released in November pending trial, but the court had denied their request to leave the country to join their other two adopted children in the United States.

    The public prosecutor had pushed for the death penalty for the Huangs, who were not immediately re-arrested after the verdict.

    Both adoption and multiracial families are rare in Qatar.

    The family’s supporters maintain Qatari authorities misunderstood the Huangs’ situation and found it suspicious.

    The “Free Grace and Matt” website said police accuse the couple of having adopted the children “in order to harvest their organs, or perhaps to perform medical experiments on them.”

    Gloria, their daughter, had “an eating disorder, a legacy of her impoverished childhood in Ghana, in which she would sometimes fast, binge-eat or steal food,” the website says.

    The Huangs moved to Qatar in 2012 for Matthew, an engineer, to work on infrastructure projects linked to the 2022 football World Cup.

    Their supporters describe them as a loving family and say they have collected supporting testimony from people who knew them in Qatar, which authorities have declined to accept.

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    Death for Qatari for killing British teacher

    Doha: A Doha court on Thursday sentenced a Qatari national to death for the murder last year of 24-year-old British teacher Lauren Patterson, a judicial source said.

    A second Qatari, Mohammad Hassan Abdul Aziz, was given three years in prison for aiding the first convict, Badr Khamis Abdullah Hashim, in “burning the body of Lauren Patterson and erasing evidence” of the murder, the source said.

    The men were arrested after the teacher’s charred remains were found by campers near Doha.

    Patterson, who taught at a primary school in Doha, was last seen leaving the night club of a luxury hotel with two men, British media had reported. Her body was found soon afterwards.

    In October, the interior ministry announced that Qatari security forces had made arrests over the murder, without giving details on the circumstances surrounding her death.

    According to rights group Death Penalty Worldwide, the last judicial killing in Qatar was in 2003 when a murderer was executed by firing squad.

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    Pinoy sentenced to death in Qatar for espionage, economic sabotage

    A Filipino was sentenced to death last April 30 by a Qatari court for espionage and economic sabotage, while 2 other Philippine nationals were meted life imprisonment for the same offense, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday.

    At a press briefing in Manila, Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said a lawyer assisted the Filipinos throughout the lower court proceedings and the verdict was appealed before Qatar's court of appeals last May 4.

    "Our embassy will continue to extend assistance to them as long as necessary," Jose said, without identifying the Filipinos involved.

    The 1 sentenced to death was an employee of a state-owned company while the 2 others were technicians in a military base, he said.

    The DFA said a total of 78 Filipinos are facing death in various countries, mostly for drug trafficking in China and for committing major offenses punishable by death in the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia.

    Jose did not provide further details on the Filipinos, but a report published by Qatar-based Doha News said the three men were found guilty by the court for passing along military and economic secrets to the Philippine government.

    "One man, reported to be a lieutenant in the Philippines state security force working as a budgeting and contracting supervisor at large state-owned Qatari company, received the death penalty late last month, while the other 2 men - technicians working with the Qatar Air Force - were given life sentences in prison," the news report said.

    The Doha News said the 3 were charged of providing information "to intelligence officials in the Philippines about Qatar's aircrafts, weaponry, maintenance and servicing records, as well as specific details about the names, ranks and phone numbers of staff members."

    "Additionally, details about a major Qatari company's investment projects and upcoming contracts are also alleged to have been leaked," the report added.

    The main defendant, the report said, allegedly received millions of riyals in exchange for spying services.

    "He's also alleged to have provided maps, internal reports and classified information about the Qatari Air Force base to Filipino officials, as well as recruiting the other 2 defendants, who worked in the engineering department of the 1st man's company and were technicians at the air force base," the report said.

    It was not the 1st time a Filipino was accused of espionage in a foreign country. In September 2005, former police colonel Michael Ray Aquino was arrested in the US for his unauthorized possession of US confidential documents.

    Aquino, who fled to the US in 2001 after being implicated in the killings of Salvador "Bubby" Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito, pleaded guilty to charges of unauthorized possession of US documents and entered the guilty plea to the lower offense and avoid the heavier charge of espionage, which is punishable by life imprisonment.

    In 2007, Aquino was sentenced to 6 years and 4 months in prison for his supposed role in an effort to use the information to undermine the then-Arroyo administration. He was originally indicted for conspiring with former FBI intelligence analyst Leandro Aragoncillo. Aquino was deported to the Philippines in 2009 and the murder case filed against him has since been dismissed.

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    Asian convict to be executed by firing squad in Qatar

    Doha: The Court of Appeal has ordered the execution of an Asian expatriate by firing squad in Qatar for murdering his work colleague.

    The first instance court had sentenced him to capital punishment but put off his execution until the victim’s brother reached the legal age and approved the execution.

    The postponement of the execution left the door open for the victim's heirs to pardon the convict and accept the blood money, or carry on with the execution.

    The Court of Appeal overruled the verdict, ruling that the execution could be carried out without waiting for the underaged brother to grow up as long as the victim’s father is alive.

    The Public Prosecution had charged the killer with strangling the victim to death and dumping the body in a desert area after beating him up repeatedly.

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    Death sentence upheld for Qatari who killed British teacher and left her burnt body in pit

    Qatari Badr Hashim Khamis Abdallah al-Jabr killed Lauren Patterson, 24, from Kent, in 2013

    By William Watkinson
    International Business Times

    A murderer who killed a young British teacher and left her charred body in a desert pit with a knife still stuck in her chest will face the death penalty, a Qatari court has ruled.

    Badr Hashim Khamis Abdallah al-Jabr was convicted of stabbing, killing and burning Lauren Patterson's remains in the desert in October 2013.

    The primary school teacher's badly burned body was found in the desert days after she left La Cigale nightclub with two local men on 12 October 2013. A court found she had been sexually assaulted and stabbed.

    The 24-year-old, from West Malling, had been working at the Newton British School in the capital Doha for several years before her disappearance.

    In a long-running court saga al-Jabr was handed the death sentence in 2014, and his accomplice, Mohamed Abdallah Hassan Abdul Aziz, was found guilty of helping to burn her body and hiding evidence. Aziz was sentenced to three years.

    In March 2015 the Qatari Court of Appeal upheld both sentences before the case went through the last Qatar's highest court – the Court of Cassation.

    In February 2016, the Court of Cassation quashed Jabr's conviction and death sentence and ordered a retrial. Aziz's three-year sentence, however, was upheld.

    Now, after the conclusion of the retrial on Sunday (30 April), Jabr's conviction and his death sentence have been upheld, according to her mother, Alison Patterson, who travelled to the emirate.

    In a post on the Justice for Lauren Facebook page this morning, Alison said: "Back from Court and thankfully justice has prevailed for Lauren Patterson. The judges have upheld the original death sentence.

    "Thank you to everyone for all your amazing support without all of you I don't know how I would have got this far. Love to everyone."

    Alison had travelled to Qatar
    on several occasions to fight for justice for her daughter and under the Qatari Penal Code she had the right to ask for what judgement she wanted, to which she replied: "I did not want to forgive".

    Al-Jabr now has 60 days in which to launch an appeal at the Court of Cassation.

    Prosecutors said that Jabr had planned to take Patterson home for sex before he stabbed her twice. The pair put the body in their car and buried her remains in the desert.

    The defence for Jabr claimed the death had been an accident and said his, and Aziz's, confessions were made under duress. Aziz was reportedly freed earlier this year.

    http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/death-sente...dy-pit-1619367
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    Nepali man executed in Qatar for murder

    KATHMANDU: A Nepali man has been executed by firing squad in Qatar.

    Anil Chaudhary of Aurahi-1 in Mahottari has been shot dead for his involvement in the murder of a Qatari national. He was arrested in the first week of April 2017 on charges of murder.

    A court in Qatar in June last year had sentenced Chaudhary death penalty by a firing squad for murdering a Qatari citizen Umair Mohammed Umair Al Ramzani Al-Nauimi.

    A lower court there had sentenced him to death for murder. However, the prison administration executed the death sentence after the Supreme Court approved it.

    This is the first time a Nepali has been sentenced to death in Qatar.

    The full details have not been made public. His body is being kept at a local hospital. The Qatari administration has given permission to send his body to Nepal.

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    Is this opposite year? What is going on with the recent surge in executions across the world this year? We’ve see India execute, Taiwan and now, Qatar.

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    8 Navy Veterans Sentenced To Death In Qatar: They Commanded Warships

    By Vishnu Som
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    New Delhi: Eight former Indian Navy officers, who have been sentenced to death in Qatar, have been accused of spying for Israel. The eight men were working for a private firm that helped the Qatari armed forces and included decorated officers who once commanded Indian warships.

    In August 2022, the retired officers were arrested on charges of spying and were accused of espionage and state-sponsored terrorism. According to reports, the eight men were spying for Qatar on a secret naval project.

    The convicted men are Captain Navtej Singh Gill, Captain Birendra Kumar Verma, Captain Saurabh Vasisht, Commander Amit Nagpal, Commander Purnendu Tiwari, Commander Sugunakar Pakala, Commander Sanjeev Gupta and Sailor Ragesh Gopakumar. They worked for a private firm, Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services, which provided training and other services for Qatar's armed forces.

    In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said it was shocked by the verdict and would take up the issue with Qatari authorities.

    Award-Winning Commander

    The men, who were arrested in Doha last year, have been accused of spying on Qatar's advanced submarines for Israel. These submarines were coated with special materials that enhanced their stealth capabilities, something that would be valuable for any navy in the world.

    According to reports, the submarines were being built in collaboration with an Italian shipbuilding firm.

    In 2019, Commander Purnendu Tiwari was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians. In a post at the time, the Indian Embassy in Doha had said the award was given to Commander Tiwari for enhancing India's image abroad.

    "The award is in recognition of his contribution towards capacity building for the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces, thereby promoting India-Qatar bilateral cooperation. He is the first Indian Armed Forces personnel to be awarded this highest honour meant for NRIs / PIOs," the embassy had said.

    Commander Tiwari was the Managing Director of Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services and had commanded several warships when he was part of the Indian Navy.

    'Exploring All Options'

    Bail petitions of the eight men had been rejected several times and the verdict against them was pronounced on Thursday by the Court of First Instance in Qatar.

    Reacting to the verdict, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement, "We are deeply shocked by the verdict of death penalty and are awaiting the detailed judgement. We are in touch with the family members and the legal team, and we are exploring all legal options."

    "We attach high importance to this case, and have been following it closely. We will continue to extend all consular and legal assistance. We will also take up the verdict with Qatari authorities," it added.

    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/deat...israel-4516400
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