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Qatar has been an islnd of stability and relative tolerance in a tumultous region known for high repressive government controls. Human rights standards are, however, far below Western stndards. Sharia law is the core of the Qatari legal system. This legitimizes limits on thelegal rights of womemen, homosexuals and the free practice of religion. It also permits flogging. Stoning is also legal, but has not been used for years. The country had had a relatively low level of domestic dissent at least in comparison to neigboring Gulf states. The country has as a result attracted only limited internatioinal attention. As a result of its successful bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, it has suddenly been thrust into the internation lime light. The issue that has emerged has been the treatment migrant workers. Oil has brought great wealth to Aqtar and has attracted migrant workers from South Asia (Pakistan and India) with many poor people looking for employment. They have been offered low wage jobs in Qatar, although higher than in their own cuntries. Some of these workers have reported abusive treatment by employers. Most of tge reports of abuse come in the construction industry. Qatari courts which might intervene to protect Qatari citizens are hesitant to protect the rights of migrants. Qatar has been studying, but has failed to enact meaningful reforms to its labor system which would offer legal protections to he migrants. There are reports of trafficking and forced labor. Qatar has developed a reputation as country with the highest degree of media freedom in the region. Some are concernbed that a new cybercrime law poses a serious threat to freedom of expression.
Human Rights Watch (HRW). "World Report 2015: Qatar"
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