Qatar UN review: Crucial reforms needed to protect women and migrant workers

Headline Title: Qatar UN review: Crucial reforms needed to protect women and migrant workers 07 May 2014 Qatar’s government must introduce sweeping reforms to protect migrant workers and tackle domestic violence in order to meet international standards, said Amnesty International, ahead of the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today. The Gulf state has come under increasing international pressure to prove its commitment to human rights since it won its bid to host the 2022 World Cup. It has been widely criticized for its treatment…

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