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Doha: Several more expatriates have sought the intervention of the National Human Rights Committee in having their cases, ranging from divorce to change of sponsorship, settled amicably.
In one such a case before the NHRC, a Canadian woman has sought the committee's intervention in solving a partnership dispute with her Qatari sponsor.
The woman and her Qatari sponsor had established a business in Doha, of which she was the General Manager.
The Canadian woman claimed she had invested heavily in the business. Later, a dispute arose between her and the sponsor and the two agreed to close the business and settle accounts amicably.
However, the Qatari sponsor backtracked on his promise, claiming she has to receive some QR280,000 on account of shares sold at the Doha Securities Market. The woman has requested the NHRC to intervene in the case and help her get the settlement from her sponsor. She has also pleaded to the NHRC to help her find another sponsor to enable her to find employment and live in Qatar.
An expatriate man has also approached the NHRC seeking a change of sponsorship. In the plea, he claimed that he was sick and unable to attend work. However, his sponsor accused him of absconding from duties and handed over his passport to the police to face legal action and consequent deportation.
The expatriate said he has a family and a sick father to support and would like to change sponsorship and find a job here.
A woman, also an expatriate, has sought the NHRC's help in transferring her sponsorship to her brother. The woman said, her husband was a incurable alcoholic who neglected the family. The husband, she said, had also got into trouble with the law often and was now awaiting deportation. The woman said, she would also be forced to leave Qatar when he is deported and would like to avoid this by transferring her sponsorship and those of her four children, aged between four years and six months, to her brother, who also resides here.
She has also requested the NHRC to request local authorities concerned to allow her husband to remain in Doha till such transfer formalities are completed.
The NHRC has meanwhile succeeded in having the sponsorship of an Indian domestic helper transferred to another sponsor, an Arabic daily, reported.
The maid, brought to Doha by a manpower agency, was sent to work with a Qatari sponsor. Following ill-treatment by this sponsor, the maid fled and worked with one of his friends, also a Qatari national, who treated her kindly. The sponsor refused to let her work with his friend and the woman approached the NHRC, which intervened successfully in the case.
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