Human Rights
Fans face prison time in Qatar World Cup
It seems that many obstacles and dangers will be faced by the fans of the World Cup in Qatar. The housing problem and the expected poor organization are not the only problems. The Athletic newspaper revealed that Qatari authorities have amended their laws in 2020 so that they can arrest…
Read More »What is going on in the dark corners of Doha?
Black patches in Qatar are not seen by the media and cameras, there in the industrial area far from the wealthy neighbourhoods of Doha find a large number of migrant workers in the country. Months before hosting the FIFA World Cup, The Independent visited the region, which is one of…
Read More »Amnesty International calls on FIFA to pay millions of dollars in compensation to workers in Qatar
Amnesty International has urged FIFA to earmark at least $440 million to compensate migrant workers who have suffered human rights abuses during their work at the 2022 World Cup facilities in Qatar. In an open letter sent to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Amnesty International and a select group of other…
Read More »Qatar deploys spies among World Cup workers
The Sun newspaper revealed that Qatar is manipulating spies among the workforce in the World Cup facilities, in order to monitor workers who report to humanitarian and human rights organizations about violations and abuses committed by employers against them or violations by the Qatari authorities. Activists investigating the conditions at…
Read More »Amnesty International calls on Qatar to repeal life sentences for Hazza al-Marri and his associates
Amnesty International called on the Qatari system to repeal the unfair sentences imposed on Qatari activists, including lawyers Hazza bin Ali al-Marri, Rashed Ali Hazza Abu Shurayda al-Marri and the poet Mohammed Rashed Hassan Nasser al-Ajami, known as Ibn al- Dhib imprisonment “, who were sentenced on 10 May to…
Read More »Major companies and brands boycott the Qatar World Cup
The New York Times revealed that many companies, and even associations of some participating countries, are taking steps to keep their brands out of the host country of this year’s World Cup even though they paid millions of dollars to associate themselves with the world’s most prominent sporting event. Qatar…
Read More »Before the World Cup.. Qatar covers up women’s flogging
The British website The Mirror revealed that Qatar is covering hundreds of discriminatory sexual cases against women ahead of the World Cup. As Doha banned any media coverage and concealed all information that the authorities condemn to dealing with women in order to improve its image before the world, according…
Read More »In Qatar the human dies and raptors live
In Wonderland, Alice, is the girl who falls through a rabbit hole into a fictional world sees many strange things and creatures, in a novel that manipulates logic and is considered one of the best examples of the kind of literary nonsense, as is the State of Qatar. It is…
Read More »Tamim empties prisons of foreigners and reserves them for Qataris
At the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, pardoned a number of prisoners on the occasion. In a brief statement, the Amiri Diwan stated that “Sheikh Tamim pardoned a number (not specified) of prisoners in an Amiri honour on…
Read More »Qatar’s security guards are forced labour
Qatar’s security guards work in conditions that amount to forced labour, including in projects linked to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, according to a report by Amnesty International. In a 74-page report, the human rights organization documents the experiences of 34 employees in eight private security companies in Qatar. The…
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