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Human rights in Qatar

Index Human rights in Qatar

The state of human rights in Qatar is a concern for several non-governmental organizations. [1]

80 relations: Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Alcoholic drink, Amnesty International, Apostasy, Apostasy in Islam, Bahá'í Faith, Barwa Al Baraha, Blasphemy, Buddhism, Central Intelligence Agency, Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (Doha), Civil law (legal system), CNN, Criminal law, DLA Piper, Doha, Doha News, Dubai, Energy in Qatar, Extortion, ExxonMobil, Family court, Family law, FIFA World Cup, Filipinos, Flagellation, Foreign direct investment, Freedom House, Freedom in the World, Freedom of speech, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Hanbali, Hindu, Human rights in Muslim-majority countries, Human rights in the Middle East, Human Rights Watch, Inheritance, International Labour Organization, International Women's Day, Islamic adoptional jurisprudence, Judicial corporal punishment, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Kidnapping, Liquefied natural gas, List of Amirs of Qatar, Migrant worker, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Qatar), Mohammed al-Ajami, Moza bint Nasser, Muslim world, ..., National Human Rights Committee (Qatar), Perjury, Proselytism, Qatar, Qatar Airways, Qatar Foundation, Ras Laffan Industrial City, Royal Dutch Shell, Sharia, Sheikh, Sheikha Maha Mansour al-Thani, Sikh, Sodomy, Stoning, Sunni Islam, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, The Boston Globe, The Cornell Daily Sun, The National (Abu Dhabi), The Pearl-Qatar, The World Factbook, Torture, Total S.A., Treason, Unfree labour, United Nations Convention against Torture, United States Department of State, Women in Qatar, 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference, 2022 FIFA World Cup. Expand index (30 more) »

Al-Araby Al-Jadeed

Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (العربي الجديد, literally The New Arab) is a pan-Arab media outlet headquartered in London.

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Alcoholic drink

An alcoholic drink (or alcoholic beverage) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

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Apostasy

Apostasy (ἀποστασία apostasia, "a defection or revolt") is the formal disaffiliation from, or abandonment or renunciation of a religion by a person.

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Apostasy in Islam

Apostasy in Islam (ردة or ارتداد) is commonly defined as the conscious abandonment of Islam by a Muslim in word or through deed.

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Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith (بهائی) is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people.

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Barwa Al Baraha

Barwa Al Baraha, also called Workers City or Barwa Village, is a residential area for laborers in the Al Wakrah Municipality in Qatar.

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Blasphemy

Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to a deity, or sacred things, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT).

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Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (Doha)

The Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (كنيسة سيدة الوردية.) is a Roman Catholic church in Doha, Qatar.

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Civil law (legal system)

Civil law, civilian law, or Roman law is a legal system originating in Europe, intellectualized within the framework of Roman law, the main feature of which is that its core principles are codified into a referable system which serves as the primary source of law.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.

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Criminal law

Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime.

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DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a multinational law firm located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

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Doha

Doha (الدوحة, or ad-Dōḥa) is the capital and most populous city of the State of Qatar.

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Doha News

Doha News is an online news blog started in March 2009 by two American journalists, Shabina Khatri and Omar Chatriwala.

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Dubai

Dubai (دبي) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Energy in Qatar

Energy in Qatar describes energy production, consumption, and policies of the State of Qatar.

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Extortion

Extortion (also called shakedown, outwrestling and exaction) is a criminal offense of obtaining money, property, or services from an individual or institution, through coercion.

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ExxonMobil

Exxon Mobil Corporation, doing business as ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Family court

Family court is a court of Equity convened to decide matters and make orders in relation to family law, such as custody of children.

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Family law

Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations.

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FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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Filipinos

Filipinos (Mga Pilipino) are the people who are native to, or identified with the country of the Philippines.

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Flagellation

Flagellation (Latin flagellum, "whip"), flogging, whipping or lashing is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, lashes, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, etc.

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Foreign direct investment

A foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in another country.

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Freedom House

Freedom House is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) U.S. government-funded non-governmental organization (NGO) that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights.

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Freedom in the World

Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties and political rights in every nation and significant related and disputed territories around the world.

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Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or sanction.

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Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (الشيخ حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني; born 1 January 1952) is a member of the ruling Al Thani Qatari royal family.

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Hanbali

The Hanbali school (المذهب الحنبلي) is one of the four traditional Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence (fiqh).

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Hindu

Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.

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Human rights in Muslim-majority countries

Human rights in Muslim-majority countries have been a hot-button issue for many decades.

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Human rights in the Middle East

The functioning of human rights in the Middle Eastern States has been affected by the colonial expansion into the Middle East in the late 19th and 20th century.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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Inheritance

Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.

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International Labour Organization

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency dealing with labour problems, particularly international labour standards, social protection, and work opportunities for all.

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International Women's Day

International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year.

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Islamic adoptional jurisprudence

Islamic views on adoption are generally distinct from practices and customs of adoption in other non-Muslim parts of the world like Western or East Asian societies.

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Judicial corporal punishment

Judicial corporal punishment (JCP) is the infliction of corporal punishment as a result of a sentence by a court of law.

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Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani

Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (17 September 1932 – 23 October 2016; خليفة بن حمد آل ثاني) was the Emir of Qatar from 27 February 1972 until he was deposed by his son Hamad bin Khalifa on 27 June 1995.

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Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful carrying away (asportation) and confinement of a person against his or her will.

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Liquefied natural gas

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane C2H6) that has been converted to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport.

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List of Amirs of Qatar

The Amir of the State of Qatar is the monarch and head of state of Qatar.

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Migrant worker

A "migrant worker" is a person who either migrates within their home country or outside it to pursue work such as seasonal work.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Qatar)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (وزارة الخارجية) is the ministry responsible for handling Qatar's external relations and diplomatic efforts, including the maintenance of its diplomatic missions across the globe.

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Mohammed al-Ajami

Mohammed al-Ajami (also known as "Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb"; محمد بن الذيب العجمي; born in Qatar), is a Qatari poet who was imprisoned between 2011 and 2016 on state security charges.

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Moza bint Nasser

Sheikha Moza bint Nasser (موزا بنت ناصر المسند, born in Doha, Qatar on August 8, 1959) is the consort of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of the State of Qatar.

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Muslim world

The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the unified Islamic community (Ummah), consisting of all those who adhere to the religion of Islam, or to societies where Islam is practiced.

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National Human Rights Committee (Qatar)

The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) is a government-appointed human rights commission based in the State of Qatar.

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Perjury

Perjury is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters a generation material to an official proceeding.

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Proselytism

Proselytism is the act of attempting to convert people to another religion or opinion.

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Qatar

Qatar (or; قطر; local vernacular pronunciation), officially the State of Qatar (دولة قطر), is a sovereign country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. (القطرية, Al Qatariyah), operating as Qatar Airways, is the state-owned flag carrier of Qatar.

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Qatar Foundation

Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (مؤسسة قطر) is a semi-private chartered, non-profit organization in Qatar, founded in 1995 by then-emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his second wife Moza bint Nasser.

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Ras Laffan Industrial City

Ras Laffan Industrial City is an industrial hub located north of Doha, Qatar.

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Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom.

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Sharia

Sharia, Sharia law, or Islamic law (شريعة) is the religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition.

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Sheikh

Sheikh (pronounced, or; شيخ, mostly pronounced, plural شيوخ)—also transliterated Sheik, Shykh, Shaik, Shayk, Shaykh, Cheikh, Shekh, and Shaikh—is an honorific title in the Arabic language.

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Sheikha Maha Mansour al-Thani

Sheikha Maha Mansour Salman Jasim Al Thani is a Qatari judge.

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Sikh

A Sikh (ਸਿੱਖ) is a person associated with Sikhism, a monotheistic religion that originated in the 15th century based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.

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Sodomy

Sodomy is generally anal or oral sex between people or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal (bestiality), but it may also mean any non-procreative sexual activity.

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Stoning

Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment whereby a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam.

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Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (تميم بن حمد آل ثاني; born 3 June 1980) is the current Amir of Qatar.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe (sometimes abbreviated as The Globe) is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts, since its creation by Charles H. Taylor in 1872.

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The Cornell Daily Sun

The Cornell Daily Sun is an independent daily newspaper published in Ithaca, New York by students at Cornell University and hired employees.

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The National (Abu Dhabi)

The National is a private English-language daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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The Pearl-Qatar

The Pearl-Qatar (اللؤلؤة قطر) in Doha, Qatar, is an artificial island spanning nearly four million square meters.

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The World Factbook

The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

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Torture

Torture (from the Latin tortus, "twisted") is the act of deliberately inflicting physical or psychological pain in order to fulfill some desire of the torturer or compel some action from the victim.

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Total S.A.

Total S.A. is a French multinational integrated oil and gas company and one of the seven "Supermajor" oil companies in the world.

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Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign.

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Unfree labour

Unfree labour is a generic or collective term for those work relations, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence (including death), compulsion, or other forms of extreme hardship to themselves or members of their families.

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United Nations Convention against Torture

The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT)) is an international human rights treaty, under the review of the United Nations, that aims to prevent torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment around the world.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.

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Women in Qatar

Women in Qatar are women who are living in or are from Qatar.

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2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference

The 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference was the 18th yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 8th session of the Meeting of the Parties (CMP) to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol (the protocol having been developed under the UNFCCC's charter).

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2022 FIFA World Cup

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Qatar

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