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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Miguel Delaney

Human rights organisations say Fifa complicit in ‘serious abuses’ over unpaid workers in Qatar

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Fifa have been described as a “global embarrassment” who have benefited from and been complicit in the “exploitation” of migrant workers in Qatar, by a coalition of human rights bodies.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, FairSquare and Equidem released a joint statement saying the governing body has “failed to fulfil its human rights responsibilities” by refusing to commit to a compensation fund for labourers and their families.

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