I consider it an attempt to mislead .. Qatari Human Rights Committee responds to the Saudi statement

In response to a statement issued by Saudi Arabia yesterday on the crisis of the siege of Qatar, the National Committee for Human Rights in Qatar that the Saudi statement is an attempt to mislead public opinion.

A statement issued by the National Commission for Human Rights said that the Saudi statement provides false pretexts to justify violations, sanctions and arbitrary unilateral measures, as well as the illusion of local and international public opinion that Riyadh addressed the violations resulting from the siege.

While the National Human Rights Committee and international organizations had hoped the Saudi authorities would resolve the humanitarian crisis, lift abuses and compensate victims of the blockade, Saudi Arabia issued a statement yesterday trying to mislead world public opinion about the blockade on Qatar and its humanitarian consequences.

The committee added that the Saudi authorities are once again making a "failed attempt" to deceive the public and the international community by giving misleading statistics and figures to cover up their violations against citizens and residents in the State of Qatar, pointing out that the policy and attempts to hide the facts will not work for the Saudi authorities, and will not prevent They condemn and demand compensation for victims and desist from violating their rights.

The National Human Rights Committee in Qatar explained that since the siege began, it has reached out to the relevant human rights bodies in Saudi Arabia to remove damages affecting the rights and remedies of the victims, and has not received any response from them. The Saudi authorities have not allowed the technical mission of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit in November. November 2017, to assess the impact of these measures on human rights, as well as their lack of responsiveness to the speeches of private rapporteurs and international organizations.

Unilateral sanctions
The Committee affirmed that the unilateral measures and sanctions that the State of Qatar is subjected to are a complete blockade against citizens and residents of the State of Qatar, in flagrant violation of all international human rights instruments and conventions, which cannot be justified under any pretext, in the testimony of international reports. The violations committed by the Saudi authorities are documented by the United Nations, international organizations and some specialized international agencies.

In a move to test the veracity of the Saudi statements, the committee asked Riyadh to allow the technical mission of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Saudi Arabia to assess violations resulting from coercive measures taken by the Saudi authorities, and to approve the establishment of a fact-finding committee by the Human Rights Council to visit Saudi Arabia to determine the lack of Human rights violations by the siege.

The Saudi Committee called for recognizing the competence of the International Court of Justice in accordance with Article 22 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to consider its claims that there are no violations of human rights as a result of the blockade, considering that respect for human rights should begin by recognizing the role of international mechanisms of protection and accountability. Simply claim through statements to distort and mislead international opinion.

Saudi Arabia issued yesterday a long statement published on the website of the Saudi Press Agency, detailing the crisis of the siege of Qatar, and contains a number of steps, which the statement said that the Kingdom has taken to alleviate the Qatari people, whether in common families or in the areas of education, health, Hajj and Umrah.

The Saudi statement added that the solution to the crisis will not be without responding to the demands of the four countries, in accordance with Kuwaiti efforts and within the framework of the Gulf Cooperation Council.