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Qatar: Unfinished Business (2022)This report examines the progress Qatar has achieved on labour rights in the 12 years since it was awarded to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the impacts of its reforms and what further action is needed to protect the rights of migrant workers.
Reports and publications 09 Nov 2022 -
Amnesty International UK - Qatar Migrant Workers' Rights Briefing 2022Amnesty International UK - Qatar Migrant Workers' Rights Briefing 2022 - Calling on Qatar & FIFA to address workers rights' issues.
Policy briefing 02 Nov 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.
Policy briefing 02 Nov 2022 -
Qatar: Former World Cup 2022 official must get a fair trial as he enters fifth day of hunger strikeQatar: World Cup 2022 official must get a fair trial as he enters fifth day of hunger strike
Press release 19 Nov 2021 -
Qatar: David Beckham must use World Cup Ambassador role to focus world on human rights abuses off the pitch
Qatar: David Beckham must use World Cup Ambassador role to focus world on human rights abuses off the pitch
Press release 24 Oct 2021 -
Qatar: thousands of migrant worker deaths remain uninvestigated – new reportThe 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.
Press release 25 Aug 2021 -
Qatar: whereabouts of detained Kenyan labour activist must be revealedThe Qatari authorities must immediately reveal the whereabouts of detained Kenyan labour rights activist Malcolm Bidali, five human rights and labour rights organisations.
Press release 28 May 2021 -
Qatar: fears grow for detained labour activistThe 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.
Press release 13 May 2021 -
Qatar: letter to FIFA boss calls for 'urgent and concrete action' on workers' rights‘FIFA has an opportunity to help leave Qatar a better place for migrant workers’
Press release 21 Mar 2021 -
Qatar: domestic workers suffering extreme overwork and abuse - new reportMigrant domestic workers in Qatar have been pushed to breaking point by extreme overwork, lack of rest, and abusive and degrading treatment
Press release 19 Oct 2020 -
Qatar: new laws to protect migrant workers welcomedThe 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.
Press release 30 Aug 2020 -
Qatar: 100 World Cup stadium workers not paid for up to seven monthsMigrant workers employed on a construction project for a FIFA World Cup stadium in Qatar worked for up to seven months without pay.
Press release 10 Jun 2020 -
Qatar: 'huge' security weakness in COVID-19 contact-tracing appSerious 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.
Press release 26 May 2020 -
Qatar: Migrant workers tricked into detention then expelled during COVID-19 pandemicWorkers told they were being tested for COVID-19 only to be expelled from the country
Press release 15 Apr 2020 -
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.
Press release 20 Mar 2020 -
Middle East in 2019: 'year of defiance' met by shocking state violence - new reportMore than 500 protesters killed in Iraq, and 300-plus in Iran
Press release 18 Feb 2020 -
Outcome: Disappeared Qatari father and son releasedSaudi authorities released a Qatari father (70) and son (17), allowing them to return home on 1 Nov.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jan 2020 -
Qatar: new law could see five-year jail sentences for 'false news'Country already under fire for treatment of migrant workers in lead-up to World Cup
Press release 20 Jan 2020 -
Qatar: pledge to end abusive 'kafala' system must lead to real change'The devil will be in the detail' - Stephen Cockburn
Press release 16 Oct 2019 -
Qatar: 'shameful' migrant worker abuse will cast shadow over athletics championships‘Migrant workers in Qatar are still largely at the mercy of unscrupulous employers’
Press release 26 Sep 2019
