human trafficking Archives

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News

Man arrested in Qatar for human trafficking

Qatar’s ministry of interior said ‘an African national’ was detained for trafficking people into Qatar. Qatari authorities said on Monday they arrested a man for illegally employing absconded domestic workers…

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News

Qatar steps up efforts to combat human trafficking

Recent United Nations [UN] reports found that people in the Middle East have become more vulnerable to human trafficking during the coronavirus outbreak. Qatar’s labour ministry’s National Committee to Combat…

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Human trafficking, misinformation, manipulation: The Facebook Papers reveal all

The Facebook Papers is perhaps the biggest crisis the company has faced to date. Facebook’s ongoing scandal further accelerated this week with the release of a collection of stories dubbed…

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News

Is Qatar doing enough to fight human trafficking?

The US State Department has praised Qatar’s efforts in fighting human trafficking, but noted more needs to be done for the Gulf state. The US State Department’s 2021 Trafficking in…

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The Round Up | 25 Nov 2020

Top stories from Doha on The Round Up ❌ Encouraging signs in diplomacy to end GCC crisis ⚽ FIFA Arab Cup in December 2021 ? A health expert from Qatar…

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The Round Up | 22 Nov 2020

Top stories in Doha on The Round Up today ? ⛓ Qatar jails two criminals in human trafficking case ? Mike Pompeo in Doha for Afghan talks ✈️ ⚽ Qatar…

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News

Qatar court sentences two human traffickers to 10 years in jail

The victims were sexually assaulted and forcibly exploited for services without pay. In a judgment considered a triumph for justice, The Criminal Court of the Court of First Instance has…

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Politics

Human trafficking cases surge in Qatar, but number of convictions fall

In its newly released 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report, the US said Qatar continues to be ranked in the third-worst out of four classifications for “not fully complying with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.”

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Life

US downgrades Qatar for insufficient efforts to tackle human trafficking

Qatar was one of 13 countries to be placed on a watch list by the US State Department, which is calling on the country to do more to fight forced labor.

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