UN expert calls for immediate lifting of sanctions against Qatar
2020-11-13 10:21:29 source：The Aljazeera
November 12, 2020
An independent United Nations expert has urged countries which are blockading Qatar as part of a regional dispute led by Saudi Arabia to “immediately” lift all sanctions against Doha, condemning the punitive measures as a violation of human rights.
In a report published on Thursday, UN Special Rapporteur on the negative effects of sanctions on human rights, Alena Douhan, called for the blockading nations to “immediately withdraw all sanctions/measures aimed at establishing restrictions on freedom of expression, movement, access to property, trade barriers, and ban tariffs, quotas, non-tariff measures … for people living in Qatar in violation of international legal standards”.
“Measures directly affecting fundamental human rights shall not be used as the means of influencing the government,” she said.
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