Qatar: Unpaid migrant construction workers left to go hungry

Headline Title: Qatar: Unpaid migrant construction workers left to go hungry 18 December 2013 More than 80 migrant construction workers in Qatar who worked for nearly a year without pay on a prestigious tower in Doha’s financial district are facing serious food shortages and need urgent government assistance, Amnesty International said today. On International Migrants’ Day, the organization is calling on the Qatari authorities to address the plight of the employees of Lee Trading and Contracting (LTC) who were working in conditions that may amount to forced labour. …

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