Tag: Qatar

• 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.

• Friday, June 13th 2014 - 07:51 UTC

  ILO votes protocol to fight forced labor; Qatar tarnished with 2022 Cup preparations, abstains

  

  A new global protocol to fight forced labor, adopted this week by the International Labor Organization, will accelerate action against modern slavery. The private sector is responsible for 90% of the estimated 21 million victims of forced labor, reaping some 150 billion dollars from some of the most severe forms of exploitation in existence today.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2014 - 20:51 UTC

  Qatar, host of 2022 World Cup described as 'a slave state' by ITUC which calls on FIFA to act

  

  FIFA recognized the terrible conditions for migrant workers in Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, at a European Parliament hearing but fell short of calling for an end to the kafala visa system which enslaves people working in the country.

• 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”.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 07:13 UTC

  Following two cases, World Health Organization instructs on novel coronavirus

  

  The World Health Organization, WHO, announced on Tuesday that no additional cases of acute respiratory syndrome with renal failure due to infection with a novel coronavirus have been reported.

• Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 17:43 UTC

  Qatar set to have this year the highest per capita income in the world

  

  Qatar is set to become the country with the world’s highest per capita income following on a breathless 16% growth in 2010 and a forecasted 20% this year according to the latest estimates from the IMF.