I-Qatar Airways ilethe izimangalo eNkantolo eNkulu yaseNgilandi ngokumelene nesiteshi sezindaba i-Al Arabiya esimayelana nokulingisa kwevidiyo okwashicilelwa ngo-Agasti 2017 okwakushiwo ukuchaza umphumela wokuvinjelwa okungekho emthethweni eQatar naseQatar Airways.

Esinqumweni esinamakhasi angu-130 seNkantolo eNkulu yaseNgilandi esashicilelwa ngoLwesihlanu mhla ziyi-6 kuNovemba 2020, inkantolo yasichitha isicelo se-Al Arabiya sokuphikisana negunya lenkantolo yaseNgilandi ukulalela lezi zimangalo. Lesi sinqumo silandele ukunikezwa kobufakazi obunzulu nokulalelwa kwenkantolo izinsuku ezintathu.

Isikhulu Esiphezulu seQatar Airways Group, uMhlonishwa uMnu u-Akbar Al Baker, uthe: “I-Qatar Airways izimisele ukuvikela ibhizinisi layo ekuhlaselweni okungamanga nokugqugquzelwa kwezepolitiki okufana nalokhu, futhi siyethemba ukuthi iNkantolo eNkulu yaseNgilandi izokwenza ubulungiswa kule mpikiswano. . Lesi sinqumo siyamukelwa futhi kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile esiya phambili seQatar Airways ekufuneni kwayo ubulungiswa.

“I-video ye-Al Arabiya ifake isithombe esiveza indiza yeQatar Airways ibanjwa futhi kungenzeka idutshulwe yindiza yezindiza ngesikhathi kuvinjelwe ngokungemthetho. Le vidiyo yabukwa kabanzi e-UK nasemhlabeni jikelele, futhi yabangela isiphepho sabezindaba ngaleso sikhathi, neDaily Mail yase-UK yathi kwakuyisixwayiso esesabisayo sokuthi [iSaudi Arabia] ingaqhumisa ibhanoyi lomgibeli waseQatari esibhakabhakeni ”Nephephandaba lase-UK i-Independent elalichaza ngokuthi“ lingaphezu kokuvusa inkanuko ”.

I-Qatar Airways ithi le vidiyo ibingamanga futhi iyadukisa nokuthi yayihloselwe ukunqanda amakhasimende ekundizeni neQatar Airways, nokuba yingxenye yochungechunge lwezincwadi zokulwa neQatar ezikhuthazwa yipolitiki yisiteshi sezindaba. Ngaphandle kokuphikisana kuka-Al Arabiya, ijaji lithole ukuthi iQatar Airways ikhombisile ukuthi inamathuba amahle okukhombisa uma kuqulwa icala ukuthi le vidiyo ibingamanga futhi / noma iveza umbono ongamanga nokuthi ishicilelwe ngesihluku, ngenhloso yokulimaza iQatar Airways.

Iziphakamiso zika-Al Arabiya zokuthi izinkantolo zaseDubai zizoba yisithangami esifanele lezi zimangalo zenqatshwe ngokuqinile yijaji lapho libona umthelela wokuvinjelwa okungekho emthethweni kanye "nemvelo enobutha yeQatar e-UAE".

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I-Qatar Airways ilethe izimangalo eNkantolo eNkulu yaseNgilandi ngokumelene nesiteshi sezindaba i-Al Arabiya esimayelana nokulingisa kwevidiyo okwashicilelwa ngo-Agasti 2017 okwakushiwo ukuchaza umphumela wokuvinjelwa okungekho emthethweni eQatar naseQatar Airways.
Al Arabiya’s arguments that the Dubai courts would be a more appropriate forum for the claims were decisively rejected by the judge noting the impact of the illegal blockade and the “hostile environment for Qataris in the U.
Despite arguments by Al Arabiya, the judge found that Qatar Airways had demonstrated that it has real prospects of showing at trial that the video was false and/or conveyed a false impression and that it was published maliciously, with the motive of harming Qatar Airways.