Rights: Foreigners in Doha are subjected to imprisonment, torture and electrocution

Policy

Human rights experts have revealed that the Qatari government continues to fail to comply with its international obligations to protect and protect workers' rights.

The experts stressed that Qatar had tried to "deceive the world" by issuing Law No. 21 of 2015, which Doha had promoted as promoting the rights of migrant workers, contrary to the truth. The new law preserved key elements of the old law that facilitate gross violations of human rights, In that forced labor, where the worker must obtain a permit to leave the country. The employer is also allowed to prevent the worker from moving to another job for up to five years, as well as to keep his passport, which legitimizes the idea of ​​exploiting the work by the employers.

This came during an interview with Maat, during their stay at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, following the conclusion of the review session of the country's human rights record through the comprehensive periodic review mechanism.

Ayman Aqeel, the head of the Maat Foundation, said in a statement that the seminar revealed that under Qatari laws, individuals are often subjected to solitary confinement or isolation and the use of torture methods, including beatings and electric shocks, Ronaldo Lopez Ulyb, "which the Court of Cassation in Qatar, on 2 May 2016 sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment. For espionage, and his allegations of torture were not investigated.

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