Doha News hosts expert discussion on calls to boycott Qatar 2022
In its first Clubhouse session, Doha News sat down with experts to ask what they believe is behind attempts to boycott the 2022 World Cup. In recent weeks and months,…
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Germany ‘to attend’ World Cup 2022 despite team protest against Qatar
Some European countries have been debating whether or not they will boycott the 2022 World Cup allegedly over rights concerns. The German Football Association confirmed it will not be boycotting…
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Amnesty urges FIFA to press Qatar on enforcing labour reform
Amnesty International is calling on FIFA to apply more pressure on 2022 World Cup host Qatar to improve conditions of workers. Just days after Qatar’s historic new labour reforms came…
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Qatar says labour reforms ‘far from complete’ following Amnesty ‘Reality Check’ migrant report
Qatar’s promises to improve the lives of migrant workers do not line up with reality, Amnesty International claimed in a new report, as Doha says more work needs to be…
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Amnesty calls on Qatar to review espionage trial
Earlier this week, the Court of Cassation upheld a previous ruling that sentenced Abdullah Yusuf Tan Chua to life imprisonment and Raphael Alamares and Ronald Ulep to 15 years in prison.
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Abuses on Qatar World Cup site ‘ugly side to the beautiful game’
The organization’s latest report on migrant labor in Qatar, "The Ugly Side to the Beautiful Game," is the first in-depth study to specifically focus on the living and working conditions of the men building the stadiums for the 2022 World Cup.
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Amnesty: Both FIFA, Qatar to blame for ‘sorry’ record on labor issues
Amnesty said FIFA is partly to blame by facilitating the “rampant” abuse of low-income workers here instead of pressuring Qatar to improve its human rights record.
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Qatar’s World Cup critics seek intervention from FIFA as elections near (updated)
Meanwhile, World Cup sponsor Visa has said it is “troubled” by reports of poor working conditions for migrants had expressed its “grave concern to FIFA.”
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Amnesty: ‘Very little has changed’ for Qatar’s low-income workers
During their most recent visit to the country, researchers from Amnesty International said they met "hundreds" of workers who haven’t been paid for months and whose sponsors failed to help them obtain valid IDs.
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