Will the authorities arrest somone who uses banned apps in Qatar?
<p>My father is working in Qatar. I instructed him to download Signal Messenger because IMO has advertisements and it interrupts our video calling persistently.</p>
<p>As I search on the web about Signal's Censorship Circumvention, read some articles, it says, &quot;At the point of writing, Signal is banned in Egypt, Oman, Iran Qatar, and the UAE.&quot; The article was written on January 16, 2021. My father installed the Signal Messenger two weeks ago.</p>
<p>Will he be arrested for using Signal Messenger? 'Cause, it is banned in Qatar and I don't know how the government law works there.</p>

<h2>They might</h2>
<p>In any event, signal is blocked in Qatar so it won’t work. Unless you use a VPN. Which means, in legal terms, unless you take deliberate and intentional steps to circumvent the law in Qatar.</p>
<p>Qatari authorities don’t look kindly on this.</p>
<p>At best, your father will have his device confiscated and then be deported. The police may beat him up a bit because they can, the judiciary has no practical oversight over the police in Qatar.</p>
<p>At worst, he might get caned and jailed for a few years.</p>
<p>Or, he might get away with it. He can do the cost benefit analysis.</p>

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