"Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates are toying with the lives of thousands of Gulf residents as part of their dispute with Qatar, splitting up families and destroying people's livelihoods and education", the London-based human rights watchdog said.
Meanwhile Qatar said it would not retaliate after Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE last week ordered all Qatari citizens to leave within 14 days.
Concerns have been raised for the impact of these measures on people who live in all the countries affected.
Tillerson said the blockade was hindering the US-led campaign against the Islamic State group and having humanitarian consequences for ordinary people.
Wearing a Barcelona shirt in Saudi Arabia could land you with a fine of up to £120,000 and a 15-year prison sentence, due to the club's continued ties with Qatar Airways.
Despite the unprecedented sanctions, Qatar says that its crucial exports of liquified gas have not been interrupted.
Qatar denies it backs extremist groups and says the allegations are politically motivated and meant to tarnish the country's image.
Turkey's parliament has approved deploying troops to a base in Qatar and Iran has offered to send food.
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Du Plessis' arrival revitalised the innings for a while as he, along with de Kock, started rotating the strike better. However, in all ICC tournaments which also include World T20s, India has been dominant over South Africa .
Iran Air spokesman Shahrokh Noushabadi told The Associated Press that a sixth planeload of vegetables will head to Qatar on Sunday.
"We will continue deliveries as long as there is demand", Noushabadi added, without saying if the deliveries were commercial exports or aid.
The three countries' news agencies did not make clear what services the hotline would provide.
On Tuesday, Trump seemed to take credit for the blockade. "In Qatar, Hamas is present as a political entity", Al Thani explained.
Trump on Friday said that Qatar was funding terrorism "at a very high level", and said solving the problem in the tiny Gulf nation could be "the beginning of the end of terrorism".
On Saturday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his country hoped the rift between the "Muslim countries" would end "through peaceful dialogue before the religious holiday", referring to Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan.
"Kuwait stresses the need for the dispute to be resolved within the Gulf framework", Sheikh Sabah said in a statement quoted by the KUNA news agency.





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