Qatar Football World Cup 2022

Image portraying the weight of the Qatar World cup construction on workers.

Image portraying the weight of the Qatar World cup construction on workers.

Campaign areas related to human rights issues that have arisen out of FIFA's awarding of Qatar the rights to host the men’s football World Cup tournament, including migrant worker rights, LGBTQI+ issues & more.

Search through the below content to uncover extensive Amnesty International reports on migrant workers' rights, press releases on the latest developments, latest briefings on human rights concerns in Qatar, and more.

Human Rights & Sport

Qatar: Unfinished Business (2022)

This briefing examines the progress Qatar has achieved on labour rights in the 12 years since it was awarded the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the impacts of its reforms and what further action is needed to fully protect the rights of all migrant workers in the country.

Qatar Briefing 2022

Amnesty International UK - Qatar Migrant Workers' Rights Briefing 2022

Amnesty International UK - Qatar Migrant Workers' Rights Briefing 2022 - Calling on Qatar & FIFA to address workers rights' issues.

Can You Score Maximum Points? Take Our Sportswashing Quiz!

Does playing ball cover up human rights abuses? Is 2022 the year of Sportswashing? Take our Sportswashing quiz to test your skills.

Qatar: Government and FIFA still failing exploited World Cup workers - new report

Details of FIFA’s promised tournament ‘legacy fund’ have still not emerged

Qatar: ongoing debate over migrant worker deaths exposes need for 'truth, justice and compensation'

Over the last decade, thousands of workers have returned home in coffins, with no explanation given to their loved ones.

Qatar: FIFA yet again 'fails to uphold human rights' after 'One Love' armbands pulled

'We applaud the courage of teams and players who have spoken out about human rights and we hope they continue to do so' - Steve Cockburn

Northern Ireland/Qatar: Irish FA to back human rights calls ahead of World Cup

Irish Football Association agrees to support Amnesty calls for migrant worker compensation scheme and investigations into deaths

Qatar World Cup 2022

Qatar: labour minister's dismissal of worker compensation campaign 'hugely disappointing'

Ali bin Samikh al-Marri calls campaign for worker remediation programme ‘publicity stunt’ in AFP interview. Recent report shows that much-needed labour reforms are still unfinished business.

Qatar Briefing 2022

Amnesty International UK - Human Rights Concerns in Qatar 2022

Briefing on Human Rights Concerns in Qatar 2022, including Summary & Recommendations to the UK Government.

Qatar: FIFA should set aside $440m for World Cup workers compensation fund

FIFA should set aside at least $440 million for the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who have suffered human rights abuses in Qatar during preparations for this year’s World Cup, Amnesty International said in a new report.

Qatar: thousands of migrant worker deaths remain uninvestigated – new report

The Qatari authorities have failed to investigate the deaths of thousands of migrant workers over the past decade despite evidence of links between premature deaths and unsafe, searingly-hot working conditions.

Qatar: whereabouts of detained Kenyan labour activist must be revealed

The Qatari authorities must immediately reveal the whereabouts of detained Kenyan labour rights activist Malcolm Bidali, five human rights and labour rights organisations.

Qatar: fears grow for detained labour activist

The Qatari authorities must urgently reveal the whereabouts of Malcolm Bidali, a Kenyan national who has been forcibly disappeared since 4 May, when he was taken from his labour accommodation for questioning by the state security service.

Qatar: domestic workers suffering extreme overwork and abuse - new report

Migrant domestic workers in Qatar have been pushed to breaking point by extreme overwork, lack of rest, and abusive and degrading treatment

Qatar: new laws to protect migrant workers welcomed

The Qatari authorities have taken a significant step towards protecting migrant workers by passing two laws which could strike at the heart of the abusive “kafala” system.

Qatar: 100 World Cup stadium workers not paid for up to seven months

Migrant workers employed on a construction project for a FIFA World Cup stadium in Qatar worked for up to seven months without pay.

Qatar: 'huge' security weakness in COVID-19 contact-tracing app

Serious security vulnerabilities in Qatar’s mandatory coronavirus contact-tracing app, uncovered by Amnesty International, must act as a wake-up call to other governments to ensure privacy safeguards are central to the roll-out of similar apps.

Qatar: Migrant workers tricked into detention then expelled during COVID-19 pandemic

Workers told they were being tested for COVID-19 only to be expelled from the country

Qatar: migrant workers in overcrowded camps at grave risk from COVID-19

Migrant workers trapped in camps such as those in Qatar are at particular risk of exposure to the virus.

Qatar: World Cup migrant workers unpaid for months

Mercury MENA failed to pay its workers thousands of dollars in wages and work benefits, leaving them stranded and penniless in Qatar.

Qatar World Cup: The ugly side of the beautiful game

Migrants building the 2022 football World Cup stadium in Qatar are abused and exploited – while FIFA makes huge profits.

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