Tag: Qatar migrant workers

• Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 11:26 UTC

  Amnesty presses FIFA on Qatar's 'rampant migrant labor abuse'

  

  Five years to the day since Qatar secured 2022 World Cup hosting rights, Amnesty International says the Gulf nation has done little to “address rampant migrant labor abuse”. Qatar has made pledges for labor reforms and the 2022 World Cup committee has introduced a workers’ charter. But the kafala system of tied employment has yet to be overhauled to ease restrictions on workers’ rights.

• Monday, May 25th 2015 - 06:55 UTC

  FIFA Election: ITUC back Prince Ali on human rights commitments

  

  The International trade Union Confederation is calling on FIFA delegates to support Jordan’s Prince Ali in this week’s election for FIFA President, following Ali’s re-affirmed commitment on labour and other human rights. The other two challengers to incumbent Joseph Blatter, Luis Figo and Michael van Praag have withdrawn from the race.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2015 - 01:40 UTC

  Qatar World Cup building sites working conditions again targeted: letters to the sponsors

  

  Fifa sponsors are being asked by a new campaign grouping to speak out about working conditions at the 2022 World Cup building sites in Qatar. The working and housing conditions of migrant construction workers have been heavily criticized.

• Thursday, November 13th 2014 - 06:59 UTC

  Headache for FIFA: Amnesty again blasts Qatar for rampant abuse of migrant workers

  

  Qatar’s authorities are lagging severely behind on efforts to address the rampant abuse of migrant workers’ rights, Amnesty International said in a briefing published six months after the government announced a series of reforms to tackle exploitation ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

• Saturday, November 23rd 2013 - 06:57 UTC

  FIFA blames France and Germany for 'slave working conditions' in Qatar stadiums

  

  FIFA boss Sepp Blatter on Friday hit back at criticism over work conditions on World Cup venues in Qatar, accusing European companies and saying France and Germany pushed the bid for “economic interests”.

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 21:52 UTC

  “Appalling conditions” for workers readying the 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar

  

  Qatar 2022 World Cup organisers say they are “appalled” by the findings of an investigation into the treatment of migrant workers in the country. The Guardian reported Nepalese workers in Qatar “face exploitation and abuses that amount to modern-day slavery”.