UN: Qatar Economy Is Based on Oppression and Slavery
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A United Nation report has revealed, for the first time, the violations of Human Rights in Qatar. It also revealed the immoral practices of the Kalipha’s regime that pretend to be freedom supporter, but actually it is so far from it. They call for human rights and they are the first who violate it. They use their channel Al Jazeera to forge facts and blackmail other regimes. They call for false democracy they never knew. It was mentioned in the report of a planned visit results concerning the independence of the judiciary of the United Nations in Qatar during the period from 19th January to 26th , 2014, a report whose findings will be presented in a prepared report to the United Nations Council for Human Rights in 2015.
In a report of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies has revealed some details about the UN official visit to Qatar, their observations and the ones of a number of lawyers. This visit is considered as the first of its kind to determine the decision of judiciary independence in the state.
The official Reporter of the UN expressed their concern about the continuing interference of the executive authority in the affairs of the judiciary; and urged it to introduce the reforms needed to address the shortcomings in the judicial system. She also stressed on the fact that “the violation of litigation procedures and the absence of guarantees of a fair trials in the country, which may lead to more violations in individuals' lives and the lack of respect for human rights, and all bring more concern”.
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies expressed their deep concern about the history of the judicial system of Qatar that is full of violations and pro-oppression and anti-human rights with no objection of the government all these years. The Cairo Institute also referred to the most prominent example on the violations of the Qatari court is the sentence of the poet Mohamed Bn Alzaib Al Agami of life imprisonment in 2012. Later the sentence was commuted to 15 years. He was accused of inciting on the Qatari regime and insulting the royal family.
Mohammed Al Agami was arrested in November 2011 after writing and delivering a poem in which he criticized the rulers of Qatar and also expressed his support for the revolution in Tunisia. Human Rights groups have confirmed that the trial was full of violations. The sentence didn’t refer to rules and articles of law according to which the poet was punished.
This case was not the first of its kind. During the recent years, Qatar has witnessed several cases in which the accused faced imprisonment sentences after trials, unfair trials, with no basic guarantees of the fair ones, specially the cases of Insulting The Royal Family, which was obviously against the main principles of human rights and makes us suspicious about the subjectiveness of the activists and even normal citizens to arbitrary detention without charge or trial. Let alone what were spotted by human rights groups about reporting on torture and other ill-treatment procedures during detention. The report also mentioned the absence of an independent judicial authority , the thing that undermine the hope of hundreds of migrant workers to get their rights of fair trails if they were once accused. The migrant workers in Qatar face hard circumstances that lead to high mortality rates among them, which caused Qatar to face severe criticism because of the high level of forced labor and human trafficking. The Cairo Institute their deep concern about the strict restrictions imposed on the freedoms of organizing groups or associations. They also prevent protests and political parties, which is considered as an extremist form of totalitarian repression that is actually very rare even among the most oppressive regimes in the world. The government holds alone the whole authority to form any kind of organization or group in Qatar, which means that these organizations are under the control of security services in spite of the fact that the Qatari constitution provides the freedom of association.
The report has stated that “the government ban imposed on the practices of all forms of opposition or protest leads to the complete absence of the human rights groups and unions. This complete absence of the civil independent social organization and political parties makes it impossible to monitor or document human rights violations in the country, and as a result, never take advantage of any reporting, including the violation of the independence of the judiciary and the right to a fair trial... They also added that “Qatar does not only continue violating the civil and migrants rights, but it is also considered as one of the few countries in the world that refused to sign the main treaties of human rights, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and cultural development. " Deputy Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights, Ziad Abdel Tawab, commented “in light of the almost complete absence of judicial controls or any of the forms of deterrence government to curb these practices, the situation in Qatar becomes like a form of modern state-sanctioned slavery.”
he also added that “it is really shocking to know that the member state in the United Nations in the twenty-first century, still continues to refuse to sign many of the core treaties, which form the basis of the international law of human rights and establish the basic human rights, such as the right of the freedom of expression and association, and the right of a fair trial.”
The Amnesty International has mentioned in their report about the situation of human rights in Qatar during 2013, that there are many restrictions on the freedom of expression. Number of torture cases has emerged, besides and discrimination against women in law, as well as violence. The migrant workers, which represent the majority of labor, are subjected to abuse and the lack of protection.
The photo: shows a demonstrator holds a sign against the ill-treatment of Nepalese migrant workers in Qatar, standing outside the Qatari Embassy in London.
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