Well when you have no comments on the topic at hand, why not resort to a tangential argument.

The fact that the issue went to court at all demonstrates much more openess and transparency than what CBD would want to admit.

It would be like me saying

"Prince Charles released all his expenses for the past 12 months, so why doesn't Sheikh Tamim do the same thing?"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-prince-of-wales-a-...

We aren't talking about media access to government and royal issues in countries other than Qatar, we are talking about Qatar.