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Doha
A Qatari student who was earlier studying in the UAE, described on Thursday the extent of her suffering after she was expelled arbitrarily from the Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi following the blockade imposed on Qatar in June, 2017.
Jawaher al Meer told a meeting of the 40th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva that she travelled to Doha on vacation after finishing her exams and was struck by the decisions of the blockading countries.
She tried to communicate with the university’s administration about resuming her studies but all she got was an e-mail saying she had been transferred to the Sorbonne Paris.
Meer wondered how such a prestigious university could be used as a front by the UAE to politicise education and abuse the rights of students registered with it.
She sent a message to UAE officials saying while it was good to open the Sorbonne University and the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, it would’ve been even better to bring home the civilised values that these institutions hold.
Before her speech, Meer met officials from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to present her complaint against the UAE and the Sorbonne University after she was expelled arbitrarily.
More than 200 Qatari students were enrolled in universities in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. They were all prevented from completing their education and sent home after those countries severed relations with Qatar and blockaded it.
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