It performs internal security investigations, gathers intelligence, and has primary responsibility for sedition and espionage cases.
[2] The agency has been accused of human rights violations over arbitrary arrests of citizens without court warrants for expressing opinions on social media.
Now, everyone has the freedom to leave any country, including their own, according to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Qatar adopted in 2018.
[4] On 16 August 2024 CIA director Bill Burns awarded head of Qatar State Security Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Khulaifi the George Tenet medal for his role in strengthening intelligence cooperation with the USA and "maintaining national and regional security".
The ceremony took place at the CIA headquarters this week, as the two countries play key mediating roles in Gaza ceasefire talks, which were held in Doha.