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Amnesty and IFJ Calls For An End to Saudi led Blocking

12/06/2017

London 12 June 2017 Amnesty International once again said that recent humanitarian measures by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain are vague and insufficient and do not address the human rights situation. This came during a meeting between His Dr. Ali Bin Samikh Al Marri, Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee of the State...

Iraq: Qatari 'Ransom' Money With Us, Not Armed Groups

12/06/2017

Doha AlJazeera News 12 June 2017 Iraq's prime minister has rejected Saudi and UAE media claims that a $500m ransom was paid by Qatar to Shia Muslim armed groups in Iraq to secure the release of 26 kidnapped Qatari hunters, saying that the money was received by the Iraqi government and that the sum was...

Gulf Crisis - Pakistan Prime Minister to visit Saudi Arabia on Monday

12/06/2017

Islamabad 12 June 2017 (APP) Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will leave for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today (Monday) in context of the emergent situation among Gulf countries, PM’s Office said on Monday. It is not disclosed by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), Pakistan's official News Agency whether Pakistan Prime Minister will also be visiting...

Pakistan and India Join SCO as Member

11/06/2017

Astana, 10 June 2017 Daily 'Dawn' Pakistan on Friday became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, DawnNews reported. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in his inaugural speech during the 17th SCO summit welcomed Pakistan as full member of the organisation. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, addressing the summit, said, "The SCO goals resonate with Pakistan's...

'Hamas is Resistance, Not Terrorism' , Arab World Reaction To Saudi Foreign Minister

11/06/2017

Doha 11 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) Following recent statements by the Saudi foreign minister calling on Qatar to end its support of Hamas, social media users in the Arab world reacted in support of the Palestinian resistance movement and to counter the minister's statements which characterised Hamas as a "terrorist organisation". Adel al-Jubeir's remarks came...

Saudi Led Plan for ‘Mixed Families’ Lacks Practical Mechanism, NHRC Qatar

11/06/2017

Doha 11 June 2017 National Human Rights Committee of State of Qatar (NHRC) has said today that the directives issued by Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain to take into consideration the humanitarian situation of mixed families (Saudi-Qatari, Emirati-Qatari and Bahraini-Qatari families) are vague, lacking a practical mechanism for implementation on the ground. The NHRC said...

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi Released

11/06/2017

Libya 11 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been released from prison, according to fighters who control the facility. A statement from the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion, a militia which controls Zintan, a mountainous region southwest of the capital Tripoli, said Saif al-Islam was released...

Reports: Qatari Pilgrims Harassed in Masjid AlHaram Mecca

11/06/2017

Doha 11 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) Saudi authorities have prevented Qatari nationals from entering the Grand Mosque in Mecca, marking a sharp escalation in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, Doha-based Al Sharq newspaper has reported. Qatar's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) received complaints from Qatari citizens that pilgrims from Qatar were barred from entering the Masjid...

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Amnesty and IFJ Calls For An End to Saudi led Blocking

Iraq: Qatari 'Ransom' Money With Us, Not Armed Groups

Gulf Crisis - Pakistan Prime Minister to visit Saudi Arabia on Monday

Pakistan and India Join SCO as Member

'Hamas is Resistance, Not Terrorism' , Arab World Reaction To Saudi Foreign Minister

Saudi Led Plan for ‘Mixed Families’ Lacks Practical Mechanism, NHRC Qatar

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi Released

Reports: Qatari Pilgrims Harassed in Masjid AlHaram Mecca

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