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...

Qatar’s continuing failure to remedy abuses faced by migrant workers and adequately protect them from labour exploitation is tainting the legacy of the FIFA men’s World Cup one year on, Amnesty International said today.

A year after Qatar hosted the FIFA World Cup 2022, this briefing looks at the legacy the tournament has left for the rights of migrant workers in the country, and what more Qatar and FIFA should do to ensure justice and remedy for all those who suffered labour abuses to make it happen.

Hundreds of migrant workers hired as security guards for last year’s World Cup are still being denied justice for the abuses they suffered despite FIFA and the hosts Qatar being warned that they were especially vulnerable to exploitation and workers raising complaints and protesting about their...

Letters from Teyseer Security Services Co. W.L.L. and FIFA, responding to letters from Amnesty International sharing allegations of labour abuses faced by employees of Teyseer Security Services during FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Thousands of workers have been unable to obtain compensation for horrific abuses linked to the World Cup. FIFA must not seek to kick their claims for remedy into the long grass with a lengthy re-examination of well-established facts. Workers have already waited far too long for justice.

Joint letter written on behalf of supporters of Amnesty International and Avaaz, who together have collected over one million signatures from over 190 countries, calling on FIFA to protect workers’ rights and ensure remedy and compensation for migrant workers who suffered abuses to make the 2022...

Responding to comments made today by FIFA President Gianni Infantino that the organization has made record revenues from the World Cup in Qatar, Stephen Cockburn, Head of Economic and Social Justice at Amnesty International, said:   “Gianni Infantino has announced that FIFA made $7.5 billion...

More than three dozen Nepali civil society organizations have today published an open letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino calling on him to “stop looking the other way” while migrant workers are denied compensation after having suffered abuses in Qatar. The organizations have also displayed...

Joint open letter by Nepali civil society organizations calling on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to stop dismissing migrant workers’ compensation claims after having suffered abuses in Qatar.

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...

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 Gianni Infantino’s recent comments, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social Justice said: “In brushing aside legitimate human rights criticisms, Gianni Infantino is dismissing the enormous price paid by migrant workers to make his flagship tournament...