Watchdog says Gulf rift taking toll on ordinary citizensDUBAI (Reuters) - Families are being torn apart by the rift between Qatar and three other Gulf Arab states which began six months ago, Amnesty International said on Thursday, despite measures to ease the impact of the crisis on ordinary citizens. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, along with Egypt, imposed travel, economic and diplomatic sanctions on Qatar in June over allegations of supporting terrorism. Doha denies the charge. The human rights group, citing interviews with individuals and Qatari officials, said thousands of people had been  affected by the rift, which has split families, raised food prices for foreign workers and made visits to Islamic holy sites in Saudi Arabia more difficult. Officials from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain could not immediately be reached to comment on the report. But the three U.S.-allied countries had announced measures in June to ease the impact of the dispute on mixed families, including setting up hotlines to deal with humanitarian issues. Saudi Arabia has also said it was allowing visits to holy sites and opened its doors to Muslims in Qatar to perform the annual Muslim haj pilgrimage.   Diplomatic efforts led by Kuwait to resolve the dispute have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough. The report was based on interviews with 44 affected individuals conducted in late November in Qatar as well as meetings with Qatari officials. Despite measures to allow families in mixed marriages to visit, many were finding it difficult to comply with procedures required to apply for a  laissez-passer  that allows residents of Qatar to travel to see loves ones in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain or the UAE, the report said. It said that there was scant, or no, information about the application process on official UAE and Saudi ministry websites, while travel to Bahrain had become more difficult since Manama imposed an entry visa requirement for Qatari nationals and residents at a time when the embassy in Doha is closed.  Affected families told Amnesty International that hotlines announced by the Bahrain, Saudi Arabian and UAE governments were difficult to access,  the rights watchdog said. Lynn Maalouf, Director of Research for the Middle East at Amnesty International, said that by imposing travel restrictions on ordinary people, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have  violated the right to family life, education and freedom of expression .  Since this dispute began in June, our fears about its potential to rip families apart have been cruelly and emphatically realized,  Maalouf said in a statement. worldnews
watchdog says gulf rift taking toll ordinary citizensdubai reuters families torn apart rift qatar three gulf arab states began six months ago amnesty international said thursday despite measures ease impact crisis ordinary citizens saudi arabia united arab emirates bahrain along egypt imposed travel economic diplomatic sanctions qatar june allegations supporting terrorism doha denies charge the human rights group citing interviews individuals qatar officials said thousands people affected rift split families raised food prices foreign workers made visits islamic holy sites saudi arabia difficult officials saudi arabia uae bahrain could immediately reached comment report but three countries announced measures june ease impact dispute mixed families including setting hotline deal humanitarian issues saudi arabia also said allowing visits holy sites opened doors muslims qatar perform annual muslim has pilgrimage diplomatic efforts led kuwait resolve dispute far failed achieve breakthrough the report based interviews affected individuals conducted late november qatar well meetings qatar officials despite measures allow families mixed marriages visit many finding difficult comply procedures required apply allows residents qatar travel see loves ones saudi arabia bahrain uae report said it said scant information application process official uae saudi ministry websites travel bahrain become difficult since panama imposed entry visa requirement qatar nationals residents time embassy doha closed affected families told amnesty international hotline announced bahrain saudi arabia uae governments difficult access rights watchdog said lynn maalouf director research middle east amnesty international said imposing travel restrictions ordinary people bahrain saudi arabia uae violated right family life education freedom expression since dispute began june fears potential rip families apart cruelty emphatically realized maalouf said statement worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Watchdog says Gulf rift taking toll on ordinary citizensDUBAI (Reuters) - Families are being torn apart by the rift between Qatar and three other Gulf Arab states which began six months ago, Amnesty International said on Thursday, despite measures to ease the impact of the crisis on ordinary citizens. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, along with Egypt, imposed travel, economic and diplomatic sanctions on Qatar in June over allegations of supporting terrorism. Doha denies the charge. The human rights group, citing interviews with individuals and Qatari officials, said thousands of people had been  affected by the rift, which has split families, raised food prices for foreign workers and made visits to Islamic holy sites in Saudi Arabia more difficult. Officials from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain could not immediately be reached to comment on the report. But the three U.S.-allied countries had announced measures in June to ease the impact of the dispute on mixed families, including setting up hotlines to deal with humanitarian issues. Saudi Arabia has also said it was allowing visits to holy sites and opened its doors to Muslims in Qatar to perform the annual Muslim haj pilgrimage.   Diplomatic efforts led by Kuwait to resolve the dispute have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough. The report was based on interviews with 44 affected individuals conducted in late November in Qatar as well as meetings with Qatari officials. Despite measures to allow families in mixed marriages to visit, many were finding it difficult to comply with procedures required to apply for a  laissez-passer  that allows residents of Qatar to travel to see loves ones in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain or the UAE, the report said. It said that there was scant, or no, information about the application process on official UAE and Saudi ministry websites, while travel to Bahrain had become more difficult since Manama imposed an entry visa requirement for Qatari nationals and residents at a time when the embassy in Doha is closed.  Affected families told Amnesty International that hotlines announced by the Bahrain, Saudi Arabian and UAE governments were difficult to access,  the rights watchdog said. Lynn Maalouf, Director of Research for the Middle East at Amnesty International, said that by imposing travel restrictions on ordinary people, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have  violated the right to family life, education and freedom of expression .  Since this dispute began in June, our fears about its potential to rip families apart have been cruelly and emphatically realized,  Maalouf said in a statement. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: watchdog says gulf rift taking toll ordinary citizensdubai reuters families torn apart rift qatar three gulf arab states began six months ago amnesty international said thursday despite measures ease impact crisis ordinary citizens saudi arabia united arab emirates bahrain along egypt imposed travel economic diplomatic sanctions qatar june allegations supporting terrorism doha denies charge the human rights group citing interviews individuals qatar officials said thousands people affected rift split families raised food prices foreign workers made visits islamic holy sites saudi arabia difficult officials saudi arabia uae bahrain could immediately reached comment report but three countries announced measures june ease impact dispute mixed families including setting hotline deal humanitarian issues saudi arabia also said allowing visits holy sites opened doors muslims qatar perform annual muslim has pilgrimage diplomatic efforts led kuwait resolve dispute far failed achieve breakthrough the report based interviews affected individuals conducted late november qatar well meetings qatar officials despite measures allow families mixed marriages visit many finding difficult comply procedures required apply allows residents qatar travel see loves ones saudi arabia bahrain uae report said it said scant information application process official uae saudi ministry websites travel bahrain become difficult since panama imposed entry visa requirement qatar nationals residents time embassy doha closed affected families told amnesty international hotline announced bahrain saudi arabia uae governments difficult access rights watchdog said lynn maalouf director research middle east amnesty international said imposing travel restrictions ordinary people bahrain saudi arabia uae violated right family life education freedom expression since dispute began june fears potential rip families apart cruelty emphatically realized maalouf said statement worldnews