Department of State to the U.S. Congress.
The report which criticized the alleged "violations of human rights in Qatar," was politicized and contains a lot of misinformation that fail to reflect the real human rights situation in the State of Qatar, Al-Marri told a press conference here.
"We have held several meetings with the officials of the U.S. Embassy in Doha to inform them about the factual information backed by figures and statistics about the real situation of human rights in the country.
"The U.S. officials said they convey the real facts but the U.S. State Department issues the final report after introducing the amendments it likes," AlMarri said while launching a media campaign on combating human trafficking, being organized by the NHRC in cooperation with the Qatari authority for combating human trafficking.
He said the US recent report on human rights failed to meet the proper international criterions and mechanisms in collecting and monitoring information.
"The report did not actually reflect the human rights situation in Qatar," he affirmed, citing as an example the mentioning of old information that Qatar has no human rights committee while NHRC has been existent since 2001.
The country has introduced a range of legislative reforms to protect human rights in line with the provisions of the constitution.
"We’ll no longer rely on the reports of the US State Department as there are more credible reports of other mechanisms such as UN agencies and international human rights organizations," he said.
Concerning the problem of human trafficking, he said it is a universal phenomenon that starts once a person decides to leave their country of origin.
"They face blackmailing to get hoax visas or work permit from profiteers who mar the image of the country of destination," Al-Marri explained.
Meanwhile, Director General of the National Office for Combating Trafficking in Humans (NOCTH) Maryam Al-Maliki said her office focuses its efforts on the protection of human rights of citizens and expatriates regardless of the U.S. reports.
"We are guided by the provisions of our laws and the instructions of our leaders rather than anything else," she said, noting that violations which could be found anywhere require enhanced international cooperation.
