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Brussels
Qatar’s National Human Rights Commission chairman called on the European Parliament on Saturday to send a fact-finding mission to look into the forced disappearances of three Qatari citizens in Saudi Arabia and the continued human rights violations by the UAE against Qatari students.
These atrocities started after Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt imposed an unjust siege on Qatar on June 5, 2017.
Speaking in Brussels, Dr Ali bin Smaikh al Marri called on the Qatari government to take all legal measures to secure their release and suggested that it file a complaint with the Security Council against UAE›s failure to comply with the decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
In a ruling almost six months ago, ICJ had demanded that UAE allow Qatari students to resume their education at its universities. But students allege that the Emirate continues to ban Qatari students from its educational institutions even today.
Marri praised the initiative by the parliament’s human rights committee to hold a series of seminars to listen to the description of their struggles by the blockade victims. In a first-of-its-kind hearing, the European Parliament on Saturday heard moving accounts of the sufferings undergone by Qatari citizens because of the siege, prompting European Parliament member Isabella de Monti to say: “The human rights violations resulting from the blockade on Qatar can no longer be tolerated.”
Marri also praised the move by the European Parliament’s Committee on Arab Peninsula affairs for responding, albeit belatedly, to the calls of the victims. He highlighted the big attendance at the first hearing session, be it of the parliamentarians or the media.
He noted that the stories the attendees will listen to today, mirror the stories of thousands of other victims of the blockade who couldn›t come, because their forced disappearance with no clarity provided on their fate.
He highlighted the case of three Qatari citizens who disappeared in Saudi Arabia with the start of the blockade, and efforts made by the NHRC to push Saudi authorities to provide information about their fates have gone in vain.
The NHRC has provided all the information on the identity of the three Qatari nationals requested by relevant UN mechanisms, Marri said, adding that the committee was in constant communication with the UN team concerned with forcible disappearances. He said the committee would continue its efforts in cooperation with other international legislative authorities in order to hold the Saudi Arabia accountable and in order to pressure the country into releasing the Qatari citizens.
Brussels
Qatar’s National Human Rights Commission chairman called on the European Parliament on Saturday to send a fact-finding mission to look into the forced disappearances of three Qatari citizens in Saudi Arabia and the continued human rights violations by the UAE against Qatari students.
These atrocities started after Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt imposed an unjust siege on Qatar on June 5, 2017.
Speaking in Brussels, Dr Ali bin Smaikh al Marri called on the Qatari government to take all legal measures to secure their release and suggested that it file a complaint with the Security Council against UAE›s failure to comply with the decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
In a ruling almost six months ago, ICJ had demanded that UAE allow Qatari students to resume their education at its universities. But students allege that the Emirate continues to ban Qatari students from its educational institutions even today.
Marri praised the initiative by the parliament’s human rights committee to hold a series of seminars to listen to the description of their struggles by the blockade victims. In a first-of-its-kind hearing, the European Parliament on Saturday heard moving accounts of the sufferings undergone by Qatari citizens because of the siege, prompting European Parliament member Isabella de Monti to say: “The human rights violations resulting from the blockade on Qatar can no longer be tolerated.”
Marri also praised the move by the European Parliament’s Committee on Arab Peninsula affairs for responding, albeit belatedly, to the calls of the victims. He highlighted the big attendance at the first hearing session, be it of the parliamentarians or the media.
He noted that the stories the attendees will listen to today, mirror the stories of thousands of other victims of the blockade who couldn›t come, because their forced disappearance with no clarity provided on their fate.
He highlighted the case of three Qatari citizens who disappeared in Saudi Arabia with the start of the blockade, and efforts made by the NHRC to push Saudi authorities to provide information about their fates have gone in vain.
The NHRC has provided all the information on the identity of the three Qatari nationals requested by relevant UN mechanisms, Marri said, adding that the committee was in constant communication with the UN team concerned with forcible disappearances. He said the committee would continue its efforts in cooperation with other international legislative authorities in order to hold the Saudi Arabia accountable and in order to pressure the country into releasing the Qatari citizens.
