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Dan Kilpatrick

Qatar World Cup: Security workers subject to ‘forced labour’ reveals damning report from Amnesty International

A damning report from Amnesty International has revealed labour abuses at the Qatar World Cup

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FIFA are "directly linked to and in some cases contributed to" shocking human rights abuses of migrant workers at private security firms in Qatar, who were subjected to "forced labour" on projects linked to this year's World Cup, according to a scathing new report by Amnesty International.

The report found that FIFA "failed to put in place adequate processes" to prevent the abuse or carry out "due diligence" on three private security firms contracted by the world governing body, who were found to have mistreated workers.

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