The NGO published a report on Thursday to regret that the promises of the Qatari government and the International Football Federation (Fifa), on justice rendered to the hundreds of migrant workers, have not yet been kept.
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Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers had tarnished the FIFA World Cup long before its official launch on November 20, 2022. While the country pledged to improve their conditions in 2017, Qataris and businesses are reluctant, according to Amnesty International , to implement these commitments. The association for the defense of human rights stepped up to the plate on Thursday, June 15, demanding compensation for the abuses suffered by the hundreds of migrant workers hired as security guards during the World Cup.
“It’s been six months since the tournament ended, but FIFA and Qatar have yet to come up with an effective and accessible program to enable abused workers to obtain justice and the compensation they are owed. Fifa must now step in and offer immediate and meaningful redress for the human rights abuses suffered by workers.” warns Steve Cockburn, Head of Economics at Amnesty International.
In its publication, the NGO recalls that these workers “are still being denied justice for the abuse they have suffered, despite the fact that Fifa and the hosts of Qatar have been warned that they are particularly vulnerable to exploitation, and that the workers have filed complaints and protested their treatment.”
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In this publication, Amnesty International notably points the finger at the fact that migrant workers, who held positions as security guards during the World Cup, had to pay “illegal charges”that their working conditions (hours, rest days) did not comply with the law…