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...

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...

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicking off in Qatar on 20 November, the Gulf state will be under the global spotlight. Since FIFA awarded the tournament to Qatar in 2010, the dire situation for migrant workers in the country has been widely publicized. Migrants and domestic...

With less than a week to go to until the 2022 Qatar World Cup, FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino are fast running out of time to commit to compensating migrant workers for abuses suffered during preparations for the tournament, said Amnesty International. “Unless he breaks his silence on the...

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...

Responding to the news that Qatar’s Minister of Labour has called Amnesty International’s campaign to compensate migrant workers for the abuses they suffered “a publicity stunt”, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social Justice, said:  ...