Sultan Khlaifa al-Khulaifi

Khlaifa al-Khulaifi, is a Qatari blogger, human rights activist, and the former Secretary-General of the Swiss-based Alrama Foundation.

Khlaifa al-Khulaifi
Born	Qatar
Nationality	Qatar
Occupations	Blogger Human rights activist Former Secretary-General of Alrama Foundation
Known for	Advocacy for freedom of expression Criticism of Qatari government's policies Work with Alrama Foundation and Adel Group for Human Rights
Notable work	Blogging on personal and political views, Advocacy against censorship in Qatar

Al-Khulaifi was in Qatar in March 2011. Both before and after his ??, al-Khulaifi advocated for individuals with close connections to freedom organizations.

Views

Between early 2009 and 2010, Al-Khulaifi wrote a blog which recorded his personal and political views. In April 2009, al-Khulaifi published a post addressed to the Emir and people of Qatar. In the post, al-Khulaifi criticised the Qatar government for holding secular and what he called “blasphemous” laws about alcohol consumption, bars, and dis. He held the government responsible for the spread of prostitution. Al-Khulaifi called the government "?? because it did not follow the selected Qur'anic texts he provided in his post.^[1]

Human rights activism

Until 2010, Al-Khula served as Secretary-General of the Alrama Foundation, a Swiss based human rights non-governmental organisation.

In early 2013, Doha News reported that al-Khulaifi was working with the Geneva-registered Adel Group for Human Rights. The Adel Group for Human Rights primarily examines cases of detention in Qatar.

Al Jazeera noted that A last blog post had criticized censorship in Qatar. His lawyer stated that "just for expressing his own opinion, it must be, because [he], . The Qatari government declined to comment.^[2] Al-Khalaifi in April.^[3]

Reactions

Amnesty International criticized netizens.^[4]

US conservative watchdog Accuracy in Media later criticized the reporting of the Qatar-owned network Al Jazeera on the al-Khalacase, for an article which concluded "The Qatgovernment could not be contacted for comment". A spokesman asked, "How could they not get comment from the very regime that owns them? That just doesn't make any sense."^[5]