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FIFA threatened with legal action over Qatar workers’ rights

According to FNV, Zurich-based FIFA should have insisted Qatar meet "minimum human rights and labor standards" for workers when it was awarded hosting rights for the 2022 World Cup.

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Family in shock as Bangladesh man dies in Qatar shipyard accident

Nurul Amin Mintu was killed last Wednesday, June 29, when a gas cylinder exploded at a yard run by his employers Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM), an official at the Bangladesh Embassy in Doha said.

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Report: Nepal appeals for expats in Qatar to be allowed to return home

Nepal's labor minister has also reportedly appealed, without success so far, to FIFA and sponsors of the World Cup to intervene in the situation.

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Firms in Qatar who fail to pay workers on time could face suspensions

The law, if passed, would give the country's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) the ability to penalize errant companies by refusing to work with them until payment matters were resolved.

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Architects float monument concept for Qatar’s fallen World Cup workers

This structure - dubbed a "fantasy project" that will likely never be built - would be scalable and designed around the concept of concrete blocks to represent deceased workers, which could be assembled to resemble a Jenga-like tower.

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Court sentences expat to three years in prison for killing compatriot

Court sentences expat to three years in prison for killing compatriot A Doha court has sentenced a laborer to three years in prison for pushing a co-worker off the 22nd…

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