Qatar’s Migrant Workers Sidelined Ahead of World Cup

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image T-shirt campaign by the German team at the World Cup qualification match between Germany and Iceland on March 25, 2021 in Duisburg, Germany. © 2021 Marvin Ibo G'ng'r/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images National football associations preparing for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar are finding a difficult balance between promoting their teams’ laudable human rights concerns and speaking realistically about the abusive reality for many migrant workers building the games. Recent remarks by Mark Bullingham, Chief Executive of the English Football Association, highlight…

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