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The appeal, filed by the Indian legal team in Qatar court to challenge the death penalty awarded to eight naval veterans imprisoned in Doha, has been accepted on Thursday..
The Court of First Instance in Qatar had passed the original judgment of death penalty to the eight men, who used to work at Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services on October 26..
The eight arrested Indian naval veterans were working at Al Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services, a defence services provider company..
The companys old website, which has been pulled down, described it as a firm providing training, logistics and maintenance services to the Qatari Emiri Naval Force (QENF)..
However, the new website of Dahra Global has no mention of the connection to the QENF, nor of the seven former Navy officers who had leadership roles in the company, The Indian Express reported...
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