The heads of Arab and non-Arab communities with the officials of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Interior and Community Policing Department, during the celebration on World Workers’ Day.
DOHA: The Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Interior in collaboration with the Community Policing Department yesterday held a ceremony honouring the heads of Arab and Non-Arab communities as part of the celebration of World Workers’ Day.
The event held at the headquarters of the Human Rights Department in Madinah Khalifa and was attended by a large number of representatives of the communities in Qatar.
Addressing the event Lt. Col Saad Salim Al Dousari, Asst. Director of Human Rights Department pointed out that the celebrations of the State of Qatar on this day symbolize the national obligation to the role of workers in Qatar, in the renaissance of our country and its development, along with the State’s keenness to establish cultural coexistence in a multi-ethnic society and civil peace and social security.
He added that expatriate workers in Qatar enjoyed various forms of economic, social and health care as well as their legal protection in terms of the constitution. The constitutional principles were personified through legal and institutional frameworks in the labor law regarding multiple aspects such as wages, hours of work, leave, termination, compensation for work injuries, etc..
Colonel Ghanem Saad Al Khiyarain, head of External Branches at Community Policing Department said that the State always was keen to apply the highest standards of physical and moral protection for workers in accordance with international standards, and to secure the working and living environment appropriate for workers.
For their parts, the community representatives praised the efforts of the state to ensure welfare of the expatriate workers and hailed their participation in the construction process and their contribution to the development of the State of Qatar.
This celebration represented an important milestone in the good and continuous relationship between expatriate workers and all State institutions, including the Ministry of the Interior.
