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Global survey demands FIFA compensate World Cup migrant workers despite lack of support by federations

Despite brazen support of the compensation programme, none of the qualifying football associations have backed the campaign. A new poll by Amnesty International has shed light on demand to pressure…

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Amnesty calls out Joe Biden for ‘brazen support’ of shocking Israeli rights crimes

Concerns over human rights situations in Saudi Arabia and Egypt have been raised by rights groups ahead of the GCC+3 summit. Amnesty has called on US President Joe Biden to…

4 min

San Jose council’s ban on mayor’s Qatar trip ‘Islamophobic’

San Jose’s City Council cancels the mayor’s “educational trip” to Qatar over human rights concerns, claims stemming from Islamophobia and intolerance towards Islam. A US mayor has been banned from…

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FIFA to discuss labour welfare in Qatar with Amnesty International

Law No. 18 of 2020 removed the need for workers to obtain their employer’s permission to change jobs while also establishing a non-discriminatory minimum wage. FIFA is meeting with a…

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Amnesty International: ‘Ongoing abuse of domestic workers in Qatar’

Stressed, overworked and abused, in its latest report, rights group Amnesty International says this is the reality for many domestic workers. Meanwhile, the government says it’s ready to punish employers…

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Amnesty International report sheds light on ‘further labour abuses’

Amnesty International is calling on Qatar to urgently investigate abuses in the private security sector. Several security guards in Qatar are being forced to work more 12-hour shifts a day…

3 min

FIFA President ‘pleased’ with progress in Qatar’s labour reforms

Since 2017, the Qatari government has introduced reforms centered around improving conditions for migrant workers. FIFA’s President Gianni Infantino praises Qatar’s labour reform efforts and maintains that a “strong commitment”…

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Amnesty report provides ‘Reality Check’ on loopholes in Qatar’s labour reforms

Rights groups have been pressing for more reform to address migrant workers’ rights as the country gears to host the World Cup next year. Global rights organisation Amnesty International has…

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QF’s Sheikha Hind responds to student letter on detained security guard

QF chairperson and CEO Sheikha Hind has issued a statement in response to a letter about the case of a detained security guard in Qatar. Some 240 Qatar Foundation (QF)…

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