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Where is Qatari human rights defender Noof Al-Maadeed?

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A screenshot of Noof Al-Maadeed from her YouTube video entitled عودة #نوف_المعاضيد الى قطر ٢٠٢١ (The Return of #Noof_AlMaadeed to Qatar 2021), posted on October 6, 2021 This post was written by Khalid Ibrahim, executive director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), an independent, non-profit organisation that promotes freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly in the MENA region. Noof Al-Maadeed, is a 23-year-old Qatari woman, full of ambition and high hopes. When she faced domestic violence from members of her family, including her father, and government institutions fai…

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