Qatar is not a safe place!

donno if it's true, but quite believable.

sad but true abuses happen every part of world

I still do not see why you can't go to the authorities.

I agree as there is no freedom of speech or freedom of press, it was same scenario with UAE but the Ruler of Dubai issued decree for freedom of press and you can see all crimes and incidents are reported in news, which we as people should know whats happening and how we can stay secure. Hope some day we will see it here.

I'm sure they're not original Qatari.

Whether they are Qataris or non Qataris is irrelivant. The key thing is that such cases are occuring and people rightly or wrongly, are afraid to go to the authorities.

how to report if
"a complaint of rape could cause her to be charged for adultery"

Women & Workers! Always Innocent victims..abused!
I repeat from above.. "NOTHING WILL BE DONE IF YOU COMPLAIN TO THE AUTHORITIES!!!!!!"

LP ur willing going( with a stranger) so how can it be a rape

so if u willingly get in a cab, he is entitled to rape u, or steal, or kill u?

drsam pls provide a link abt anyone getting raped here in a doha cab or taxi

lol LP but i dont mind giving u a free ride :/

Now I'm afraid, BG.

In this country, there IS one person who can help - she is very approachable, listens AND has influence.

To confirm what one poster said earlier, rapists if found guilty in the UAE ARE inprisioned - by chance happened 2 weeks ago. Interestingly, as the guilty ba...d was being taken away, his mother who was in court was screaming "What did he do wrong....he didnt murder anyone ....." That "maybe" the mentality that right minded people are up against in regard to rape.

It is well known that no matter how a woman dresses here, or what her behaviour was up to the incident, certain elements on QL will find fault, bash, make stupid comments about "it happens all over the world", before they admit a woman has any rights to, say NO, dress in anything other than an abhaya, walk anywhere, get into a cab with someone or have a drink.

If you do anything of the above, you were looking for it... although, I have to agree on how getting into a cab with someone, gives anyone the right to rape you, steal from you OR kill you... I am not in the habit of getting into cabs with people I don't know.... or is the taxi driver on this list too?

if she says stop and if not ? after mission accomplished she says rape then ?

I think we are getting off track. we agree that these cases occur. What is at issue is - do the authorities take the side of the criminals ?

As the poster says, in the first case, the went to the police , who tried to dissuade them from filing a case. If they had done so, would the case have come to court and would justice have prevailed ?

Justice for an expat? Here? And that too against an ARAB? You must be kiddin me!

http://www.qatarlivi...

Am I the only one seeing similarity between ID's of teewayne and Stevanlea
Lots of TROLLS around QL MODS should do something soon.

TCOM one is a female even though she uses male id :?

Monkey they are same person.

same person!

BG, just because you have numerous IDs you use at any given time, does not mean to say everyone else does too. We are not all as bored with work as you are!

I find it all very frustrating when no one takes me seriously and have to back myself up with fake IDs.

It has nothing at all do with the fact that I know who Stevanlea is and she like me, doesn't have time to sit here and make up fake IDs to back ourselves up.

*sigh*

Xena pls track her previous thread she herself admitted abt her fake id

Do me a favour and go and track Stevanlea again... have a look at her and my commonalities and then think about how I might know her....

Everything in her profile is correct EXCEPT for her gender... and that is exactly like many females on QL set it, so they don't get harrassed by men on QL... It may also have been her husband who set up the profile... did you ever think of that?

For the amount of time you spend on QL, BG..you don't know very much about how things work around here, do you...

Xena I think you are wrong, you indeed have a lot of time on your hands to keep responding to this ;)

right now, to much time.... but generally, couldnt be bothered;-p

Well, I think in case of Western females, its very easy for them to build some pressure on authorities. They can involve their embassies.

If embassies like UK, USA, Australia, Germany, France, etc can't do anything then it would be very surprising.

But what's happening, it's sad indeed.

there was an incident.. one Egyptian hit my car. Once police came, they speak in Arabic. Last, the fault became mine!!! I denied. Then the police asked me " Where are you from?".. I said "INDIA".. He replied... " Its your fault. You are mistake".

This is the human justice in QATAR.

I directly know of a european woman who was seeing a local and when she broke off the relationship he decided to come to her home in the middle of the night .. why did she allow him to come after breaking up and that too in the middle of night tsk tsk !

I've heard similar stories.

In one instance, the local crossed the wrong woman. After she left, her brothers came to Qatar on tourist visas. They found the man and proceeded to torture him for two days (leaving him alive). They then returned home casually, and when they landed they phoned a friend/relative of his to tell where he could be found.

Few countries (and no Western ones) extradite to Qatar, so there is little that could be done in return.

BG - I agree if it someone you don't know, but someone that you do know and no reason to think was violent? That is different - seems like you are leading up to placing the blame on the victim rather than the other way around

come from the "jungle" with no education at all. What can we expect from them ?
In addition Qatar is a country of men and for men !

Yes you can complain to the authorities and they will do every thing they can to find them, they are very nice and kind to women who have been raped.

I was driving to a birthday dinner last Thursday night and I got tailed by a white BMW from Bin Omran to Madinath Khalifa. When I parked my car in front of the villa where my lady friend lives, the driver parked beside me and started to chat; asking about the company branded on my car, my nationality, etc.

He is courteous at first, and offered an invitation for coffee IN HIS APARTMENT....WTF!!!

Politely, I told him, me and my husband would love to come and visit his house for coffee.

He was quiet, said ok and left...whehehehehe!

"Most" expatriates come from the "jungle"? But is it those expatriates who are the perpetrators or others who have some position of authority abusing it?

Anyway, there were plenty of el-creepos and one always needed to be alert and watchful of surroundings but it was generally quite safe. Crimes like these happen in other places as well and in fact, Qatar is safer than some countries.

What's not safe is if Iran sets off something, it's just across a wee bit of water ...

i am new in qatar, and i thought qatar was giving great security to girls........ its pathetic.

You have to be very vcareful as a woman in Qatar. Don't believe it is safe and don't travel alone if you don't have to. Don't rely on the police to help, they can't even get people in Qatar to drive safely so a complex rape case especially if you are an expat is not going to be solved. You could even risk going to prison if the man says you asked for it.

I think if every woman stayed in the kitchen like she should we can reduce the number of sexual offences dramatically. Irresponsible women.

The senior and wise from the community should keep a vigil in their respective localities.

This will definitely go a long way to have a safe neighbourhood, I believe.

TheDarkKnightRises said "I think if every woman stayed in the kitchen like she should we can reduce the number of sexual offences dramatically. Irresponsible women."

Yeah, if every woman stayed in the kitchen, the ER in Hamad hospital may have a steady stream of customers ... well, plus the medical insurance companies may also profit. Not a bad idea, floating the economy ...

/Hi Jack

If what I have written does not interest you in any way, do not bother commenting on it.

Is this not the same
If you don't like something here, leave Qatar

have you not heard about sarcasm

Go get a life!

So it is justifiable for a wife to worry about her 'QL' husband being harassed & subjected to unwanted attention from females ..