Portugal to be added to Qatar’s blacklist after the World Cup following the president’s and prime minister’s comments on the human rights violations

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  5. SOL learned from an official source – the country will end up on Qatar’s blacklist as soon as the World Cup ends, which could have political and economic consequences and affect the circulation of people between the two countries. The statements by the President of the Republic on human rights made at a conference in Doha, on the sidelines of the game between Portugal and Ghana, although they were milder, did not go down well with the Qatari Government, which had already considered the previous declarations of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister António Costa. Incidentally, the Portuguese ambassador in Doha, Paulo Pocinho, was immediately summoned to the deputy prime minister of Qatar

  6. One positive side of this World Cup is that it showed all of us who were ignorant before, what kind of a place Qatar is

  7. Just a reminder that Qatar 🇶🇦 is a prominent sponsor of terrorism.

    [ As per European Parliament 🇪🇺 According to reliable intelligence sources, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are the main funders of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Governments of Germany and the USA have also accused the two countries of financing and supporting ISIS.](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/P-8-2014-007445_EN.html)

     It has been even brought before the US Congress as well how  Qatar 🇶🇦  is an active sponsor of terrorism ( something which Al Jazeera won’t highlight) 

    [According to official US Committee on Foreign Affairs, Qatar has been known to be a permissive environment for terror financing, reportedly funding U.S. designated foreign terrorist organizations, such as Hamas, Al qaeda and ISIS, as well as several extremist groups operating in Syria. At least one high-ranking Qatari official provided support to the mastermind of the 9/11. Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal, also made Doha his headquarters for years while the Qatari’s–with the Qatari’s Government support and even the Muslim Brotherhood has received significant support from Qatar. Of course, not all of this is supported by the government in Doha. Many individuals and charities in Qatar have been known to raise large sums of money for al-Qaeda, the Nusra front, Hamas, and even ISIS.](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115hhrg26427/html/CHRG-115hhrg26427.htm)

  8. For context: he was criticized in the country for flying there in the first place, while most, if not all, of Europe’s presidents/prime-ministers didn’t. Those “criticisms” were a compensation mechanism for him to save face.

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