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Hisham Aljundi
Doha
Human rights violations by the United Arab Emirates continue even six months after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a ruling demanded the country to allow Qatari students to resume their education at its universities.
Students allege that the Emirate still continues to ban Qatari students from its educational institutions, a policy that began after UAE and some of its neighbours imposed an unjust siege on Qatar in June 2017. It damaged the career prospects of thousands of students who had been pursuing higher studies in the blockading countries.
A female Qatari student said she was asked to leave UAE while doing her fourth-year graduate course in architecture at the University of Sharjah. “I am yet to hear from the university,” she added.
Another student said he was denied permission to board a flight from Muscat to the UAE on his way to attend his final-year bachelor’s programme there. He said he was informed by the airport authorities that UAE had prohibited entry to Qataris, including students.
Not just Qatari students, even students of other countries fell victim to this unfair policy.
A Jordanian National said he was prohibited from pursuing his studies at the Emirates Aviation University because he holds a Qatar residency permit.
The National Human Rights Committee of Qatar had documented 159 cases of students who were barred from pursuing their education in universities in the UAE after the unjust blockade.
The NHRC had released a report that said the UAE authorities responded to just six of these cases as they were filed individually through the UNESCO.
Doha
Human rights violations by the United Arab Emirates continue even six months after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a ruling demanded the country to allow Qatari students to resume their education at its universities.
Students allege that the Emirate still continues to ban Qatari students from its educational institutions, a policy that began after UAE and some of its neighbours imposed an unjust siege on Qatar in June 2017. It damaged the career prospects of thousands of students who had been pursuing higher studies in the blockading countries.
A female Qatari student said she was asked to leave UAE while doing her fourth-year graduate course in architecture at the University of Sharjah. “I am yet to hear from the university,” she added.
Another student said he was denied permission to board a flight from Muscat to the UAE on his way to attend his final-year bachelor’s programme there. He said he was informed by the airport authorities that UAE had prohibited entry to Qataris, including students.
Not just Qatari students, even students of other countries fell victim to this unfair policy.
A Jordanian National said he was prohibited from pursuing his studies at the Emirates Aviation University because he holds a Qatar residency permit.
The National Human Rights Committee of Qatar had documented 159 cases of students who were barred from pursuing their education in universities in the UAE after the unjust blockade.
The NHRC had released a report that said the UAE authorities responded to just six of these cases as they were filed individually through the UNESCO.
