Doha: Qatar has strongly condemned two incidents in which a West Bank mosque in Bethlehem and a Greek Orthodox church in Occupied Jerusalem were burnt down. In a statement yesterday, the Foreign Ministry said such criminal acts contradict human principles and divine laws and constitute a serious violation of international norms and laws. It said the burning of Muslim and Christian holy sites by Israeli settlers indicates their hatred and unacceptance of others.
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DOHA: The Indian embassy has received 551 labour-related complaints from workers since January, an official statement said, without providing details and nature of grievances. The labour and community welfare section received 3,943 complaints in 2014 and 3,558 the previous year.
The statement followed the monthly Open House the embassy held to address urgent consular and labour-related problems of its nationals. Ambassador Sanjiv Arora, Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF) President, Arvind Patil and other officials met complainants and discussed their problems. Although the embassy did not receive any fresh complaints but the progress in previous complaints was reviewed.
The embassy registered 57 deaths since January and 279 last year. A total of 100 Indians were at the deportation centre and 96 in the central prison and an embassy team visited the facilities to enquire about their welfare.
Following requests from Qatari authorities for travel documents for inmates at the deportation centre, the embassy issued four emergency certificates in February. The ICBF provided air tickets to those who could not afford travel expenses to facilitate their deportation.
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