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zaterdag 13 augustus 2022
#WORLD #WORLDWIDE #QATAR #FIFA #HumanRightsWatch #News #Journal #Update - World Cup fans, do you call it soccer, football - or human rights abuses? ⚽️🚨
Did you know that thousands of migrant workers have died or suffered serious injuriesbuilding the infrastructure for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar? We might debate whether to call the world’s “beautiful game” soccer or football. But human rights activists around the world agree – no one should have to die to make a football tournament possible.
With 100 days left till the World Cup kick-off, we are asking FIFA to commit to provide effective remedies, including financial compensation, to migrant workers and their families who have faced serious abuses to deliver the 2022 World Cup.
It’s time to #PayUpFIFA – join the call by signing the petition to FIFA today.
For families of these migrant workers, the sudden, premature, and uncertain passing of a loved one abroad is shattering. Human Rights Watch recently accompanied a Nepali driver carrying out a somber task: delivering the body of a migrant worker who died in Qatar to his grieving loved ones.
“Sometimes there are so many cases that we have to rush back to the capital as soon as we drop off one coffin for the next day delivery,” one driver said. Over the long hours on the road, family members recount their tragedies. Each story is different but shares a disbelief over what happened and uncertainty about their future without a breadwinner.
Help us demand FIFA to step up and put in place a comprehensive program using a participatory process including workers and trade unions to provide effective remedies, including financial compensation, that are easily accessible to migrant workers and their families.
FIFA and Qatari authorities shouldn’t abandon families of migrant workers who died to make the World Cup possible.
There’s no excuse to leave them behind.
In solidarity, Michael Page Deputy Director Middle East and North Africa Division Human Rights Watch
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