Temporary Detention of Danish Journalist for Reporting on Iranian Protesters
A Danish journalist who filmed a short video of an attack on an Iranian man and woman supporting protests in Qatar has been briefly detained by Qatari police.
Rasmus Tantholt reported on his Twitter account about his arrest for filming Iranians supporting the protests. It appears this short video report was made moments after the attack on the Iranian man and woman who were carrying symbols of the protests in Iran.
This incident occurred at the end of the match between Iran and the USA in Qatar, and based on other images released by Mr. Rasmus Tantholt, it seems some government supporters of the Iranian team created a tense atmosphere in the stadium after the loss to the USA.
In one of the reports by this Danish TV2 journalist, the frightened man and woman explain that they were physically attacked by some people and ask the journalist not to leave them alone.
Rasmus Tantholt wrote on his Twitter account that after his detention, Qatari police asked him to delete the recorded footage from his camera, but he refused to do so.