Qatar jails Dutch tourist for three months, fines her $845 after she tells police she was drugged an

[MariaThinks]

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Source: National Post

The nightclub was hopping when Laura stepped away from her drink to dance. The 22-year-old Dutch tourist had come to Qatar on vacation with a friend. Now she was partying at one of the few places to drink alcohol in the country: the Crystal Lounge at the W Doha Hotel.

As she danced between a mirrored floor and swirling disco balls, however, Laura suddenly began to feel sick and blacked out, according to her attorney. When she regained consciousness, she was in a stranger’s apartment building. Her clothes were torn.

“Laura realizes from that moment that she was drugged and raped,” Brian Lokollo, her attorney, told the Telegraaf. “She suspects that someone in an unguarded moment threw something into her drink.”


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[MariaThinks]

1. I didn't realize the rape victim had already spent 3 months in jail for reporting a rape

[christx30]

2. Dupe. A story you posted days ago.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141485560

She's been deported from Qatar.

[MariaThinks]

4. after spending 3 months in jail. Even the word 'deported' is offensive

like she did something wrong. How dare she get raped.

[leftynyc]

3. Digusting

Do these countries also pretend they have low rape cases because why the fuck would women report them and risk going to jail, getting beaten or deported?

[jtuck004]

5. Raped twice.

Hey, how much money do we spend making Qatar wealthy, so they can do this?

[MariaThinks]

6. a lot

[elljay]

7. Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022

Yet another reason why the World Cup should be pulled from this primitive hellhole.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/03/qatar-world-cup-of-shame/

[MariaThinks]

8. That would be justice.

[Sissyk]

9. Locking as duplicate

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