(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Chairman Dr. Ali bin Sumaikh Al Marri has said that during his meetings with a number of US Congress members, he had noted a strong will to discuss the file of violations of human rights by the siege at the US Congress.
Dr. Al Marri met with a number of US House of Representatives members at the Congress including Mike Capuano , Stephen Lynch, David Cicilline and Nita Lowey, where he gave them detailed explanations of the violations of human rights by the siege countries the deprivation of citizens and residents of Qatar and citizens of the Gulf States (Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain) of their fundamental rights, foremost of which is the right to education, transportation, treatment, family reunification and the performance of religious rites.
The NHRC Chairman said he had noted the remarkable interest of the US Congress members and their deep concern over the tragedies faced by citizens and residents of Qatar and the three Gulf States due to the unjust siege.
He also praised their response and keenness to put human rights violations at the table of Congress debates strongly, in absolute agreement to reject involving citizens and residents in political conflicts, or take them hostage to any political strife.
Al Marri made the remarks at the end of a series of intensive meetings in Washington, DC, with a number of representatives of the Republican and Democratic parties in the US Congress, which witnessed fruitful discussions, on the repercussions of the siege imposed on the State of Qatar since June 5.
In the context of these meetings, Dr. Al Marri also met with the two US Representatives Republican Congressmen Trent Franks and Gus Bilirakis, and another discussion session with the Chairman of the 'Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the US Congress James McGovern, as well as another meeting with officials of the Foreign Relations Committee of Congress And the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation.
The enormous and intense momentum of these meetings with a number of Republican and Democratic legislators reflects the National Human Rights Committee's keenness to hand over these documented reports on the grave human rights violations caused by the siege imposed on the State of Qatar.
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