Originally Posted by
Superman1
KeyPilot
Are you joking? Yes it was, it was disgraceful behaviour and disgusting response unfortunately not unexpected in that part of the world.
By which reasons do you come to this conclusion?
In an investigation of a serious offence in "Western" countries (of which, one supposes, most of us here are citizens), it is common for people to be arrested, detained for several days, repeatedly questioned, released on bail (with significant restrictions on their liberty), even if they are ultimately not charged with any crime. Do we think the treatment of some passengers on this flight was significantly worse than this?
Again, I believe we are missing some key facts, and until they are out in the open then we should resist the urge to rush to judgement. Of course, if the Qataris withhold or obfuscate key facts, then that is another matter and we may rightly draw inferences from this.
Ultimately, whether one judges this to be "right" or "wrong" by Western standards is anyway not the point - this was carried out on Qatari soil. The "right question" is whether it was right by Qatari standards, which one has to suppose it was. Then, if ones doesn't like Qatari standards, one can choose never to go there nor fly on their airline!