Compensation Committee receives 180 new cases

More than 180 cases were filed at the Compensation Claims Committee yesterday by the people affected by the current blockade against Qatar. The committee also received 43 enquiries.
“Since the Compensation Claims Committee began receiving complaints last week, it has so far received more than 800 complaints and between 250 to 300 enquiry calls,” said a source at the committee.
The committee has announced that companies have to register their complaints at Qatar Chamber.
Many people have lauded this step saying it would decrease the number of visitors to committee headquarters and gives individuals chance to apply in short time.
The source also said that the committee will remain open to receive complaints. “It will remain open as long as there are people, affected by the blockade, coming up to register complaints,” he said.
Salim Rashid Al Muraikhi, Assistant Undersecretary for Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Justice and a member of the committee, accompanied by the officials from the Public Prosecution, visited the committee at its headquarters at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center, yesterday.
Al Muraikhi took a tour and listened to some people affected by the blockade who thanked the committee for its efforts.
The committee holds a weekly meeting to study and see the progress of the work and eliminate any obstacles.
On a daily basis, the committee receives more than 100 complaints and inquiry calls from residents affected by the blockade, either students who lost opportunity to complete their studies or residents who lost their properties. The committee was established to protect the rights of residents.
There are ten counters at the headquarters of the committee which receive complaints from residents, and yesterday the legal experts of committee met to study the applications filed by those affected by the blockade to see if the documents submitted were complete.