Case No Country QAT 2/2013 17/12/2013 Qatar AL Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Migrants; Allegations of travel bans and unfounded court cases filed against migrants in Qatar in 06/03/2014 violation of international human rights law. According to the information received, Mr. Ganga Rai, a Nepali national, has been court ordered to pay compensation for damages caused by an accident while operating a vehicle in line of his duties for his employer, a transport company, allegedly due to the fact that his employer did not have insurance. Mr. Rai is being subjected to a travel ban, preventing him from leaving the country. Furthermore, Mr. Mahmoud Bouneb, Canadian/Tunisian national, Ms. Malika Alouane, a Moroccan national, and Mr. Haytham Qudaih, a Palestinian national, all former employees of Al Jazeera’s Children’s Channel, were accused of corruption, dilapidation and embezzlement of public funds, and subjected to a travel ban since 27 September 2011. It is reported that two separate investigations found no basis for these criminal accusations. Finally, Mr. Catalino III Lopez Pestano, a Filipino national, was reportedly illegally terminated by his employer on 12 May 2011. His employer did not pay his last two months’ salary, which resulted in a travel ban and consequently in his arrest and detention in April 2012 for non-payment of his loan. A/HRC/26/21 22 Date Type