Barney Ronay’s article (Qatar calling its critics racist opens a debate that may be worth having, 3 November) offered a highly nuanced analysis of how to approach the subject of human rights in Qatar. But to gain a better insight into the dynamics of the situation, readers may not know that despite Qatar’s ratification of the two core international human rights treaties, religious minorities such as Bahá’ís are discriminated against and increasingly expelled from the country without any proof of wrongdoing.
For many years, even predating the declaration of Qatar as an independent state, members of the Bahá’í faith have lived there peacefully. They have considered Qatar their home for generations and have contributed to its social, cultural, and economic prosperity. But since the 1980s, there has been a shift: Bahá’ís are blacklisted, separated from their families and deported.
