Qatar whistleblower Abdullah Ibhais has been arrested in Jordan two weeks before he is scheduled to testify as a witness in a US District Court case concerning allegations of forced labor and human trafficking associated with the 2022 World Cup.
Ibhais, a Jordanian national, spent three years in a Doha jail following what Amnesty International described an "unfair trial", with his version being that he went to investigate complaints over workers' rights, stood up for them by advising the Supreme Committee to acknowledge its role, and found himself the subject of a malicious prosecution. FairSquare say Ibhais provided plenty of evidence for his case.
The version from within Qatar points to Ibhais's April 2021 conviction for "bribery", "violation of the integrity of tenders and profits" and "intentional damage to public funds".
He was finally released on 11 March 2025 after his five-year sentence was reduced, but he now finds himself in the subject of law enforcement again after being "abducted" by the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) in the capital city of Amman, his family told The Independent.
Ibhais is due to have a voluntary deposition in the United States on 20 August and received his visa on 6 August at the US Embassy in Amman. He had subpoenaed for the deposition by the Court of Colarado.
His family say that Ibhais has been "threatened with prison before by GID officers, if he insisted to continue his advocacy concerning his case, or concerning the...
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