Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers Electrocuted, Decapitated, and Falling to Death at Workplaces

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Migrant workers at a construction site near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 2, 2024. © 2024 Jaap Arriens/Sipa via AP Photo Scores of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia have died in gruesome yet avoidable workplace-related accidents, including falling from buildings, electrocution, and even decapitation.Many migrant deaths in Saudi Arabia are erroneously classified as “natural” and are neither investigated nor compensated. The process for compensation for work-related accidents is long and burdensome.Saudi authorities, FIFA, and other employers should ensure that all migrant…

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