DOHA (Reuters) - A BBC television team was arrested in Qatar and held for two nights in prison while reporting on living conditions for migrant labourers working on the 2022 World Cup, the broadcaster said on Monday.
The Gulf state had organised a press tour in early May for journalists from Britain, elsewhere in Europe and the Middle East to examine the conditions labourers face, amid global criticism of human rights violations in the Gulf Arab state.
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