The Arab Federation for Human Rights called on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to play its role in protecting the rights of the Al-Ghufran tribe from the Qatari government's violations that have been going on for years. In a letter addressed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad al-Hussein, the President of the Federation Dr. Ahmad Al-Hamli called on the Commission to play its role in redressing the Al-Ghufran tribe and restoring the lost rights of its victims. Al-Hamli pointed to the collective punishment of the Qatari authorities which violated human rights, including the removal of nationality and confiscation of property, the arbitrary dismissal of all jobs, the displacement of more than 6,000 tribesmen and the imprisonment of large numbers of them.
