The Compensation Claims Committee has so far received more than 6,000 complaints from people affected by the current blockade on Qatar. A group of lawyers have begun to provide free legal consultations to people affected by the blockade of how to file their requests to the committee
The committee was formed to protect residents’ rights affected by the siege imposed on Qatar by three Gulf countries. It also received hundreds of enquiry calls from residents asking of how to file their complaints.
The committee receives all types of complaints, grievances and requests filed by those affected by the siege in the public and private sectors as well as individuals.
An official source at the committee said they have received more than 3,000 files from the Qatar National Human Rights Committee (QNHRC).
He also said: “Since the committee has announced that companies have to register their complaints at Qatar Chamber, the committee received more than 300 cases from Qatar chamber, and expecting to receive more.
The committee is receiving requests at its headquarters at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), and held meeting weekly to study and see the progress of the work and eliminate any obstacles. The source said: “The committee will remain open as long as there are people affected by blockade coming up to register complaints, and there is no specific time to close it.”
About most of complaints the committee received, the source said: “Most of complaints are from people lost their real states, and they don’t know anything about it. This is because that many residents have invested in this sector and were encouraged in these countries to invest in real estate sector”.
The second category of people who were affected more by the blockade are students who were not able to join and continue their study at universities and schools. Many complaints also came from families who were forced to separate.
Also there are many people lost their camels, agricultural projects, in addition to companies who lost commercial shipments at the ports of siege countries. Also residents were not able to perform Haj and Umrah, and the Haj and Umrah operators have lost millions of riyals due to this crisis.
Commenting on this, lawyer Issa Al Sulaiti, said that 15 lawyers are providing free legal consultations to people affected by the blockade on how to file their requests to the committee.
He said: “About 30 people have benefited from this service, adding that the lawyers mobiles open 24 hours to receive people’s calls and also the affected people can send messages to get legal consultants of how to file their requests”.
Replying question about if the crisis is solved, even then the committee will continue to receive requests and people will be allowed to ask their rights, he said: “the political issue is completely different on the legal issue, because this is people’s rights and they must get it either the political issue resolved or not. The damages must compensated.”
The committee was formed on July 9, and inaugurated by Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.
It also chaired by the Attorney General and include representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice as members with the possibility of coordination with several bodies in the State.
