Qatar: Ongoing debate over migrant worker deaths exposes need for truth and compensation

By Amnesty International

Responding to comments made by the Secretary General of the Qatar World Cup Supreme Committee, Hassan Al Thawadi, about migrant worker deaths during an interview with Piers Morgan, and a subsequent clarification of those comments issued by the Supreme Committee, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social Justice, said:  “The continued debate around the number of workers who have died in the preparation […] The post Qatar: Ongoing debate over migrant worker deaths exposes need for truth and compensation appeared…

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