Doha, 14 March 2024 John Wroe, BEM, founder and CEO of Street Child United (SCU), is dedicated to uplifting one million one street children around the world and to provide them a decent life with their right to have identity, protection from violence, gender equality, and access to education. Recently, talking to Editor, www.asiantelegraphqatar.com during a...

Doha, 10 Jan. 2024 Doha based Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies announced the results of the public opinion poll regarding the Israeli war on Gaza today, Wednesday 10 January 2024. The poll was carried out on a sample of 8000 respondents (men and women) from 16 Arab countries. The survey questions were selected...

Doha, 07 Jan. 2024 Mrs. Maryam bint Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Chairperson, National Human Rights Committee of Qatar (NHRC), announced that the committee would host a conference titled 'Food Justice from a Human Rights Perspective: Challenges of Reality and Bets of the Future.' This disclosure occurred during a meeting with Prof. Dr. Rashid bin Hamad Al Balushi...

Doha, 15 Nov. 2023 Mrs. Maryam Al-Attiyah, Chairperson National Human Rights Committee of Qatar (NHRC) emphasized that the committee's pavilion, coupled with the two exhibitions and the awareness and educational activities planned for the 'International Horticultural Exhibition - Expo 2023 Doha' align with the exhibition's objectives, integral to human rights. She underscored that human rights...

Doha, 16 August 2023 (NHRC-QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has affirmed that Qatar will continue its unwavering approach to constantly improve the conditions of workers through the concerted efforts of all stakeholders, particularly in the field of protection from work-related heat stress. Qatar will also address any gaps that prevent...

Geneva, 19 March 2023 NHRC Qatar Chairman Mrs. Maryam bint Abdullah Al-Attiyah, received the Committee's accreditation certificate for the third time in a row with a classification grade (A) from 2021 to 2025, by the Sub-Committee on Accreditation of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. Under the renewal of accreditation, NHRC  continues to...

Adana (Turkiye), 28 Feb. 2023 Qatar is trying to help people in Türkiye’s quake-hit regions “as if it is our own country,” according to a Qatari military commander. “When this disaster occurred, we took action on the very first day, as instructed by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani,” Lt. Col. Hamad Al Hajri...

Doha, 22 Feb. 2023 A 15 points declaration announced on the conclusion of first ever widely participated 2 day international conference on the impact of climate change on volunerable societies and how to protect their human rights. Over 600 experts, national human rights commissions; representatives of civil societies; academia; United Nation's agencies participated in conference...

Doha, 21 Feb. 2023 Two day International Conference on Climate Change and Human Rights kicked off this morning at the Hotel Royal Meridien, Lusail City, Qatar. Over 300 experts, academics, members of the civil society, stakeholders and human rights institutions participated from all around the world in conference organized by National Human Rights Committee (NHRC)...

Doha, 19 Feb. 2023 Mrs. Maryam bint Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee Qatar (NHRC) has said that collective efforts and measures are must in order to preserve the rights of vulnerable groups.  She hoped that two day international conference on ‘Climate Change and Human Rights’ starting on Tuesday in Doha will come...