Ghimire Gundev (right) and Krishna Upadhya
"Two British human rights workers who disappeared while researching alleged abuse of migrant labourers in Qatar are being held by the Gulf state on unspecified charges, it was confirmed today. The gas-rich country, which has embarked on a vast building boom to prepare for the 2022 World Cup, acknowledged that Krishna Upadhyaya and Ghimire Gundev had been held by its "security authorities" and remain in detention after a six-day silence on their whereabouts. The Norwegian charity employing the Britons said Mr Upadhyaya had sent text messages before his disappearance last Sunday complaining that he was being followed by plain clothes police and feared arrest in the final hours of a visit to interview Nepalese labourers about their working and living conditions."