QATAR | Official
Amir sends greetings to King of Spain
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani sent yesterday cables of congratulations to King Felipe VI of Spain on his country’s National Day. HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent a similar cable to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
QATAR | Diplomacy
‘Siege countries trying to hack NHRC website’
HE the Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Dr Ali bin Smaikh al-Marri stressed that attempts by the siege countries to hack the NHRC’s website as well as to spy on the mobile phones of human rights activists and journalists in Qatar are still ongoing with aim to restrict and obstruct their work, pointing to the increasing suffering of media figures from the siege countries in Doha as their countries harassed them and threatened to withdraw their nationality in the event they continue to work in Qatar. This came during two separate meetings held by the NHRC Chairman in Marrakesh with UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Michel Forst, and ambassador Aud Marit Wiig, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway.
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