Mother vows to continue Qatar fight UPDATED

Rebecca Jones, 45, originally from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, says she was tricked into giving up Adam, 13, by the family of her late husband in 2009, and he is now “virtually imprisoned”.

The boy’s father, Jamal Al Madhaiki, from whom Mrs Jones was divorced, died in a motorcycle accident in 2005.

Adam was 10 when he was allegedly seized by his relatives when his mother took him to visit the family in Qatar in 2009.

Mrs Jones said she met Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt and other officials today, where they discussed what the Government will do to help her regain custody of her son.

In recent weeks she has called on Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene and she said they agreed to follow up a letter that he had written to the prime minister of Qatar, which had been unanswered.

She said Mr Burt also planned to request a meeting with the Qatari ambassador to the UK, while they were also going to contact the British ambassador in the Gulf nation.

Mrs Jones, who lives in Bahrain so she can visit her son, said: “It’s answered a few questions that needed clarifying.

“They are obviously looking at the legal aspects in terms of what Adam’s rights are out there as a British citizen in an Islamic state.

“They are pushing as much as is legally possible but it will never be enough for me.

“It’s very important for me to keep the pressure on the Government. I’m not going to give up on Adam, I’ll do whatever I have to to fight for him.

“It has been brushed under the carpet for three years. I’ll do anything I can to get him back.”

Mrs Jones spends thousands of pounds a month flying back and forth between Qatar and Bahrain so she can be nearer her son, but is only able to see him during strictly supervised visits.

She said she had no choice but to go public with their plight as she needs to get as much publicity as she can.

She added: “I think David Cameron could play a key part in this as the more authority and power I can get behind me, the more they (the authorities in Qatar) are going to listen.

“Prime minister to prime minister is going to have a much bigger impact than just me as his mum.

“It’s been three years that he’s been suffering, I can’t stand back and do nothing.”