Brussels, November 14 (QNA) - HE Minister of Labor Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al Marri affirmed that the slanderous allegations and negative campaign against Qatar began to take a tipping point by adopting hate and racist rhetoric with the aim of offending the Qatari people and their national team, stressing the rejection of hate speech and systematic racism towards Qatar, its people, and its national team.
His Excellency made it clear that the campaign run by some against Qatar has been escalated in pace over the past weeks without real justifications, pointing out that what the World Cup is being exposed to in Qatar amounts to intellectual and media terrorism and gaslighting on racist pretexts.
HE Minister of Labor participated in the European Parliament hearing on labor reforms in Qatar, which took place in Brussels, upon an invitation by Human Rights Subcommittee and the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Arabian Peninsula. International Labor Organization (ILO), the International Trade Union Confederation, and Human Rights Watch participated in the hearing, in the presence of members of the European Union Subcommittee on Human Rights, a large number of parliamentarians and diplomats.
His Excellency explained that whoever runs the negative campaign against Qatar has not only lost his real compass, but also lost the logic and rationality of presentation, indicating that it is illogical to say that 6,500 workers died during the period of building and equipping the World Cup facilities, according to what was mentioned in the media, i.e. an average of 2 deaths a day which the mind cannot believe. He noted that the death count and mortality rates are published in the media are increasing every day away from professional ethics and criterion, noting that every day we hear a new number of victims, some of whom said 6500 and others said 10 thousand and others 15 thousand as if we are in a public auction to bid in daily.
HE the minister highlighted the importance of the Qatari dialogue with the European Union and the European Parliament on a permanent basis in many areas, including human rights issues, noting that this dialogue will continue in the coming years. His Excellency expressed his thanks and appreciation to HE Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Right in the European Parliament Maria Arena and members of the committee for giving the State of Qatar with the opportunity to present facts and truths about Qatars Labor sector away from slanderous allegations that are not evinced by any facts.
He pointed out that dialogue, consultation and cooperation with the Human Rights Subcommittee and the Relations Mission to the Arabian Peninsula in the European Parliament will continue during the coming period, especially as the cooperation has yielded many joint achievements in the Labor sector. His Excellency revealed that there are consultations between the Ministry of Labor and the European Commission to sign a memorandum of understanding soon with the aim of supporting ways of joint cooperation in the fields of the Labor sector.
His Excellency highlighted that the volume of slanderous allegations that have been spread during the past two months against Qatar's hosting of the World Cup has not been exposed to any country that has hosted the World Cup before, noting that this has raised many questions about the motives behind this hostile campaign and its goals.
He pointed out that Qatar has adopted rapidly over the past years the implementation of a series of labor reforms with the testimony of Labor organizations and specialized labor unions, but some parties are trying to ignore all these facts, noting that in their systematic campaign against Qatar they prefer to re-publish and adopt unfounded statistics and allegations.
His Excellency stressed that the State of Qatar has repeatedly demanded in many international forums that advocate the slanderous claims to provide us with documents on death toll, and the scientific methodology they relied on in determining the amounts of compensation, noting that there are actually no verified documents other than media bubbles issued sporadically.
His Excellency stressed that these statistics lack accuracy, credibility and integrity, in addition to the fact that they were not issued by relevant or official organizations, pointing out that it is not possible to adopt and deal with these statistics or build decisions and judgments on them as they are neither accurate nor objective. (MORE)