Swoop on live TV
THE chilling moment heavy-handed Qataris halted a TV interview with a wheelchair-bound supporter was caught during a live news show.
A tall man in white robes appeared in the camera shot demanding to see the reporter’s “papers”.
Terrified broadcast journalist Joaquin Alvarez said he feared was about to be taken prisoner. Stunned colleagues at the studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, said: “This is what the Qatar government is like.”
Joaquin said: “The person who stopped the filming got out of a van and told us in a very rude way we couldn’t film any more because we were in a private place.
“I was frightened and thought they would take me prisoner.”