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QNA
Geneva
Qatar has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and its relevant mechanisms, especially the special procedures, to act urgently in a more effective manner to put an end to the violations caused by an unjust siege imposed on Qatar.
It called on the UN rights body to end the suffering of those affected by the siege, and to hold to account those responsible to prevent recurrence of such violations.
Addressing the 28th special session of the Human Rights Council on Monday, Deputy Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations Office in Geneva Al Mohannad Ali al Hammadi said the violations of human rights committed by the siege countries and the suffering of those affected by it continue till date.
He said Qatar's National Human Rights Committee has received 4,105 complaints. The report of the technical mission of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights also monitored a long list of violations involving families that were separated and prevented from establishing contact.
"Many students were prevented from continuing their education, patients were forced to leave hospitals, and individuals denied their right to work or to access their property because of their Qatari nationality,' Hammadi said.
"The Hajj season is approaching and the same scenario is repeated. The Saudi authorities continue to create obstacles and take arbitrary measures against the citizens and residents of Qatar from performing this Islamic ritual in the Kingdom," Hammadi said.
He said the siege and these unilateral coercive measures have far-reaching effects, particularly on the social fabric and the rights of individuals, which are difficult to remedy if decisive and urgent action is not taken to end such violations.
Meanwhile, the absence of mechanisms of redress for the victims in the siege countries makes it difficult to prosecute the perpetrators of these violations at the national level, and it closes the door before those affected to receive any compensation or reparation for damage, especially as their suffering increases daily without a solution to the crisis, Hammadi underlined.
