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In recent months, authorities in Qatar continue to target prominent human rights defender Abdullah Al-Maliki at all levels, as part of their efforts to force him to return to the country and put him in prison for a long period or execute him, due to his peaceful and legitimate activities in the field of human rights.
On 6th December 2023, during a meeting at the Qatari Consulate in Munich, Germany, in the presence of the advisor at the Consulate, Iman Mohammed Al-Hail, the Consul officially informed him of the government’s refusal to renew his official Qatari documents, including his passport and ID card.
The Qatari Embassy in Berlin and the Qatari Consulate in Munich have rejected all requests to renew Al-Maliki’s passport and identity card that he has submitted numerous times since January 2021. This has taken place under direct orders from the State Security Apparatus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Emiri Court in Qatar, in contravention of local and international laws.
The Qatari Ambassador to Germany, Abdullah Mohammed Saud Al Thani, categorically refused to renew Al-Maliki’s passport in two official letters sent to him dated 24th August and 23rd September 2021.
Despite this, on 18th October 2023, Al-Maliki visited the Qatari embassy in Berlin to renew his passport and ID card, but he was treated very poorly by the embassy’s employees, and the next day received a call from one of its employees informing him of the refusal to renew all of his official documents.
On 28th November 2023, he was notified by a Qatari bank official that his bank account had been frozen as of 18th August 2023, due to the Qatari government’s refusal to renew his ID card.