Iraqi lawyer for Scottish father interned in Iraq says ‘no case’ as fighting continues to get him out of Array
Brian Glendinning arrested at an Iraqi airport on September 12 for an alleged £20,000 loan from a Qatari bank.
Kincardine’s father, Fife, had been in Iraq to work at a BP oil refinery when he received an Interpol Red Notice and was arrested shortly after his arrival.
Today, his Iraqi lawyer Tahseen Alchaabawi told Detainee in Dubai: “The case of. . . Brian is a civil matter, and under Iraqi law, there is no criminal element. “
Alchaabawi says the Qatari government is “deliberately handing over the files” to Iraqi courts to keep Brian in prison longer.
He said: “There is an Interpol preventive arrest opposing Brian from Qatar and the Qatari government is acting with hostility.
“They intentionally don’t send the record to the Iraqi court (they do it on purpose) to keep Brian in prison for a long time. “
Radha Stirling, an extradition crisis representative who helped the family, added: “Delaying the required documentation is a tactic used to slow down the decision-making procedure in Iraq.
“If they sent the dossier, Iraq would see that this is a civilian case and that there is no double jeopardy.
“Brian would be released. “
“Instead, he is being held in horrific detention on the orders of the Qatar National Bank. “
Yesterday we shared Brian’s heartbreaking phone call to his wife Kimberley and told her about the “rat-infested prison” and the horrific situations he is experiencing.
He said: “It’s dirty mattresses, insect-infested, rat-infested, no hot water, it’s rational.
“There are rats running down the toilet and that’s where bottled water is stored. Overcrowded, Kimberley.
“There are more than 30 other people on a waiting mobile that would house another 10 people. “
Brian and his circle of relatives suggested that the British avoid helping Qatar go public after Brian’s arrest.
He said: “The World Cup is coming, don’t announce it. Don’t go. “
During the phone call home, the 43-year-old also said: “People who come to Qatar for the World Cup don’t, look at how they treat me and I haven’t even committed a crime. “
They also called on David Beckham to use his influence after signing an agreement to act as the country’s ambassador in the run-up to the World Cup.
Now his MP has contacted the Foreign Office in London and Baghdad and now calls are being made for Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to interfere at the diplomatic level.
Arrested in Dubai, he said: “At the end of the day, James Cleverly, as the new foreign secretary, has to step in and show that British citizens matter.
“That’s their job. “
The organization also warned that, without intervention, Brian can be held for months or even years and, if extradited, can spend two years or more in a Qatari prison and threaten to be held hostage with a ban.
A Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth spokesperson
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