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Amnesty urges Qatar to investigate torture claims in espionage case

  • Peter Kovessy and Shabina S. Khatri
  • March 7, 2015
Three Filipino men convicted of providing intelligence to their home country about Qatar return to an appellate court on Monday to plead their case. Amnesty asserts their confessions were forced and has urged authorities to look into the matter.
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Criticism of Qatar’s cybercrime law mounts at home and abroad

  • Peter Kovessy
  • September 18, 2014
Human rights and media organizations condemn the new prohibition on publishing false news, calling it “a major setback for freedom of expression in Qatar.”
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Amnesty urges Qatar to fight domestic worker abuse with ‘bold reforms’

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • April 23, 2014
Amnesty's new report contains appalling accounts of psychological, physical and sometimes sexual abuse of domestic workers based in Qatar, at the hands of both local and expat sponsors.
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Amnesty: Qatar must to do more to protect women

  • Peter Kovessy
  • January 30, 2014
The advocacy group said that because Qatar is a signatory to a UN Convention on ending discrimination against women, it should look out for domestic workers, and give women more equal treatment in matters of marriage, divorce and custody.
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Small team, language barriers hamper Qatar’s labor inspection process

  • Peter Kovessy
  • November 18, 2013
Amnesty expresses concern that, struggling to meet site visit requirements, the country's labor inspectors are resorting to a ‘tick-box’ approval process.
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Amnesty: Qatar still has ‘a long way to go’ to improve workers’ rights

  • Peter Kovessy
  • November 18, 2013
Subcontractors here are treating the nation's labor laws as "optional guidelines," one researcher says.
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Amnesty International: Two detained Qatari activists on hunger strike

  • Doha News Team
  • April 13, 2013
Two Qatari men are now on hunger strike after being held by authorities here for more than three weeks without charge, according to Amnesty International. The human rights group says Muhammad…
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Report: Saudi ex-diplomat al-Mutairy flees Qatar for Morocco

  • Doha News Team
  • January 25, 2013
A former Saudi diplomat who escaped to Doha in 2011 after being held in his home country for years has now made his way to Morocco, Amnesty International reports. Mishal…
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Amnesty: Qatar must improve status of women, migrant workers

  • Doha News Team
  • May 19, 2011
The abuse of migrant workers, discrimination against women and Qatar’s stance on the death penalty were highlighted in an Amnesty International report released last week.   When contacted for comment, Amnesty, which released…
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