Berlin 30 June 2017 (NHRC) Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al Marri, Chairman Qatar National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) held a number of meetings at the German Foreign Ministry where he met with Philippe Ackerman, Regional Director for the Middle East and Morocco, Ms. Yasmine Pamuk, Human Rights Office Officer. Al-Marri briefed on the ... Read More

Geneva (MOFA Information Office) 29 June 2017 Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office and International Organizations in Geneva, met today with HRH Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The meeting discussed the flagrant violations of international human rights law ... Read More

Washington (MOFA) 29 June 2017 Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Foreign Minister of State of Qatar met with Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General at the Embassy of Qatar in Washington today. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the visit being paid by Qatar Foreign Minister to the United States of America. During the ... Read More

28 June 2017 AlJazeera News 0930 PM Qatar's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it will employ a Swiss law firm to seek compensation for those affected by a decision of Gulf countries to cut ties with Doha and impose a blockade against it. NHRC chairman Ali Bin Smaikh al-Marri said the rights body ... Read More

AlJazeera News 28 June 2017 (1115 PM) Thousands of people have turned out in protests across India against a wave of attacks on Muslims by mobs that accuse them of killing cows or eating beef. Waving "Not in My Name" banners and "Stop Cow Terrorism" placards on Wednesday, protesters braved monsoon rains in at ... Read More

Doha 28 June 2017 (NHRC) Dr. Ali bin Samikh AlMarri, Chairman, National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) met today in his office at the NHRC headquarters with the Ambassadors of Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. Al-Marri is scheduled to visit three European countries to brief on the severe human rights situation of the affected ... Read More

Geneve 28 June 2017 The reported demand by a number of governments that Qatar close the Al-Jazeera media network in exchange for the lifting of sanctions would strike a major blow against media pluralism in a region already suffering from severe restrictions on reporting and media of all kinds, said the UN ... Read More

Forbes News 27 June 2017 Facebook has officially hit 2 billion monthly users, solidifying the company's position as the largest, most influential social network in the world. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the milestone on the social network on Tuesday. "As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially 2 billion people!" ... Read More