During a shoot in Qatar, a Danish TV crew is harassed by local security forces. Despite valid accreditation and filming permit. Among other things, the men threatened to destroy the journalists' cameras.
A Danish television crew has been harassed by local security forces while working in Qatar. Among other things, the men threatened to destroy the TV2 team's camera. The World Cup organizers have meanwhile apologized to the broadcaster and the local team.
During a live report by journalist Rasmus Tantholdt, security guards appeared and tried to obstruct the shoot, even though the team had valid accreditations and a permit. In the video, the journalists can be heard saying, "They invited the whole world to come here, why can't we film here? It's a public place." Next Tantholdt said: "You can break the camera, do you want to break it? Are you threatening us by smashing the camera?"
The World Cup organizers confirmed the incident. A statement said: "The tournament organizers are aware of an incident where a Danish broadcast crew was accidentally cut off during a live broadcast in one of Qatar's tourist destinations. After inspecting the crew's valid tournament accreditation and filming permission, an apology was issued by security ."
As Rasmus Tantholdt explains on TV2, the Qatari authorities had better get used to being visited by the press from all over the world. But" they are afraid that some things will come to light. My experience after traveling to 110 countries around the world is: the more dirty laundry you have in the basement that you don't want to show, the more difficult it is for us journalists to report We experience that here," says Tantholdt.
As the World Cup host, Qatar has been criticized for the human rights situation in the Gulf Emirate. The World Cup starts on November 20th. It is the first time that the soccer World Cup will be held in an Arab country - and the first time not in the summer but at the end of the year.
