New laws were passed offering migrant workers better legal protections. Despite government measures to control the spread of COVID-19, migrant workers bore the brunt of the pandemic’s impact. The authorities further tightened restrictions on freedom of expression. Women continued to face...

Gianni Infantino must use his meetings with Qatari officials to press for reform of laws that leave migrant workers at risk of exploitation and abuse, sometimes even forced labour, said Amnesty International before the FIFA President visits Qatar from 20-22 April. “Gianni Infantino has a golden...

Gianni Infantino must use his meetings with Qatari officials to press for reform of laws that leave migrant workers at risk of exploitation and abuse, sometimes even forced labour, said Amnesty International before the FIFA President visits Qatar from 20-22 April. “Gianni Infantino has a golden...

Responding to FIFA’s threats to sanction players who planned to wear ‘One Love’ armbands to show support for the LGBTI community, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social Justice said: “Last minute threats to sanction players for wearing messages in support of human...

Responding to the news that FIFA President Gianni Infantino has written a letter to all 32 nations competing at the 2022 World Cup, urging them to ‘focus on the football’ and to set aside human rights concerns, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social Justice, said: “If...

This public statement documents the state of human rights in Qatar during 2018, subdivided by key human rights themes. It is part of a regional review of the state of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa, which includes 18 other country entries.

Qatar recently announced that it was taking a historic step and finally joining the vast majority of countries around the world, as well as Gulf neighbours Kuwait and Bahrain, in ratifying two key treaties that underpin much of today’s international human rights law. By ratifying the International...

The Qatari authorities must not buckle to demands from Saudi Arabia if they request the deportation of human rights activist Mohammad al-Otaibi back to the country, where he is at risk of being imprisoned and tortured or otherwise ill-treated, said Amnesty International, ahead of a hearing by a...

The Qatari authorities must not buckle to demands from Saudi Arabia if they request the deportation of human rights activist Mohammad al-Otaibi back to the country, where he is at risk of being imprisoned and tortured or otherwise ill-treated, said Amnesty International, ahead of a hearing by a...

Amnesty International is calling on the Qatari authorities to ensure that a draft domestic workers law currently under consideration provides robust legal protections from abuse and enforceable mechanisms for workers to hold abusive employers to account

Labour exploitation remains rampant in Qatar as the authorities fail to deliver significant reforms, Amnesty International said today before the fifth anniversary of Qatar winning the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Despite massive public exposure of the appalling conditions faced by most...

Labour exploitation remains rampant in Qatar as the authorities fail to deliver significant reforms, Amnesty International said today before the fifth anniversary of Qatar winning the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Despite massive public exposure of the appalling conditions faced by most...

Amnesty International statement made in connection with the presentation by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers of her reports on Portugal, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates during the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council (Geneva,15 June – 3 July 2015)