The Qatari al-Ghafran clan is seeking to renew a complaint at the United Nations against the Doha government over violations committed against it.
The clan had previously filed a complaint to the UN Human Rights Council, demanding international intervention to protect it against Doha’s practices.
It accuses the government of violating its rights through withdrawing the nationality of its sons and depriving them of the right to employment and from benefiting from international aid.
One of the activists in the clan said on Friday: “We do not want to harm our nation, Qatar, but we are being confronted by rulers who are driven by spite and hate against anyone who holds the name of al-Ghafran.”
He revealed that Doha authorities has since 1996 withdrawn the Qatari nationality from him, his family, three siblings and their families and six of his cousins.
Al-Ghafran clan is one of the main branches of the al-Murrah tribe. The majority of the clan lives in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
In September, clan elders accused authorities of dropping the nationality from Taleb bin Lahom bin Shreim al-Marry, the chief of the Murrah tribe and 50 of his relatives. They also accused the authorities of confiscating their assets.
Al-Ghafran clan is expected to dispatch a 12-member delegation to Geneva to demand its rights on the margins of the current 37th UN Human Rights Council.
