Our website use cookies to improve and personalize your experience and to display advertisements (if any). Our website may also include cookies from third parties like Google Adsense, Google Analytics, and Youtube. By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies.

Kenyan’s crusade against bad working conditions in Qatar

Kenyan’s crusade against bad working conditions in Qatar

MAYA GEBEILY WITH perfect prose, sizzling sarcasm and a host of anonymous accounts, Malcolm Bidali has waged a one-man social media campaign to improve working conditions for migrant labourers in Qatar for nearly a year. "It kind of makes me feel like Batman or Superman. You can say the things you want to say, with your own voice and your own style," said Bidali, 28, speaking to the Thomson Reuters Foundation from Doha. The Kenyan security guard had been using Facebook, Instagram and Twitter under the pen name "Noah Articulates" to complain about cramped living quarters, low wages and working…
Read More
Kenyan charged in Qatar

Kenyan charged in Qatar

QATAR’S public prosecution has charged a Kenyan man who has written about migrant rights in the Gulf Arab state with receiving payment to spread disinformation, the government's communication office (GCO) has announced. Malcolm Bidali, who had been writing under a pseudonym, was arrested on May 5 for violating Qatar's security laws, according to a Qatari official. Rights groups have voiced concern that his detention may be in reprisal for human rights work. "Mr Bidali has been formally charged with offences related to payments received by a foreign agent for the creation and distribution of disinformation within the State of Qatar,"…
Read More