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. THE WEEK IN RIGHTS | May 19, 2022 Ahead of the World Cup, FIFA Should Pay for Qatar's Migrant Workers The FIFA World Cup 2022 kicks off in Qatar in November. Yet the “beautiful game” of football that unites the world, with a global audience of over 3.5 billion, is stained with human rights abuses. Since 2010, when FIFA awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar despite its poor human rights record, thousands of migrant workers building or servicing the infrastructure for the games have lost their lives to unexplained causes, suffered injuries, or been victims of wage theft by their employers. Hundreds of thousands of workers, or their families, have not received financial compensation or any other adequate remedy for these serious labor abuses. Bottom line: There is no Qatar World Cup celebration without remedy for abuses of migrant workers. FIFA should pay up now. Today we've launched a new campaign calling on them to do so. Join us and tell FIFA not to leave victims and their families behind. TAKE ACTION »     Executions, Torture, in Ukraine Russian forces controlling much of the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions in northeastern Ukraine from late February through March subjected civilians to summary executions, torture, and other grave abuses that are apparent war crimes. READ MORE »     Before Mass Shooting, Systemic Racism Affected East Buffalo Community An 18-year-old, white gunman, motivated by white supremacist ideology, is accused of opening fire at a grocery store in a majority-Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York last weekend, killing ten Black people and injuring three more. The tragedy and depravity of the massacre is hard to endure, especially for Black and other marginalized communities. READ MORE »     North Korea Acknowledges Health Crisis amid Covid-19 Outbreak Last Friday, North Korean officials made an unprecedented admission regarding the country’s Covid-19 health crisis after reporting a Covid-19 case for the very first time. READ MORE »   Sign up for our Daily Brief The Daily Brief delivers breaking global human rights news to your inbox each day. SIGN UP HERE » Thank you for supporting Human Rights Watch! Follow Us On: Human Rights Watch | 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor | New York, NY 10118-3299 USA | t 1.212.290.4700