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Dubai: the dark truth — It's a magnet for Londoners, but what lies beneath the wealth and glamour?

Thousands of Londoners flock to the Middle East city each year — but behind the façade is a brutally repressive regime where human rights are non-existent

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025

Migrant workers exposed to deadly 45C temperatures in Gulf – report

Research and undercover interviews reveal reality of extreme heat exacerbated by abusive working conditions

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024

Saudi World Cup Bid Renews Fears For Migrants' Welfare

Fosir Mia moved to Saudi Arabia thinking he would earn a handsome salary as an electrician, only to find himself hauling steel rods in harsh desert heat for paltry pay.

International Business Times · Aug 27, 2024

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Saudi FIFA bid highlights rights abuses

Saudi Arabia was the only country that ultimately bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup

Salon · Jun 18, 2024

‘They abuse us’: Female workers making Fifa World Cup merchandise face systemic harm, says report

The report, by human rights organisation Equidem, involves distressing testimonies from workers detailing verbal abuse and the illegal denial of worksite childcare and maternity leave

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

The World Has Moved On, but They Say Qatar Injustices Remain

A group of World Cup security guards say they were unjustly detained and remain unpaid for their work.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 3, 2023

World Cup security guards still jailed in Qatar after dispute over unpaid wages

Workers at World Cup 2022 venues fired as tournament ended and allegedly jailed or deported after trying to claim unpaid wages

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023

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Jailed, deported and blacklisted: Qatar's outspoken World Cup guards

Andrew Maganga seized the chance to work as a World Cup security guard in Qatar last year, only to be fired along with some 200 others on the last day of the tournament, jailed for protesting over wages, and deported back to his native Kenya.

Reuters · May 5, 2023

With the World Cup over, rights groups hope the issues raised stay relevant in Qatar

Trouble brews in the run up to every global, mega sporting event — such as buses not running on time, or venues seemingly not ready for action. But it melts away when the games begin. But what lasts?

WEKU · Dec 19, 2022

Migrant Workers ‘Fulfilled the Beauty of Qatar.’ In Return: Debt and Death.

Before Messi and Mbappe and the lavish hotel shaped like crossed swords, there were waves and waves of mistreated laborers. As the World Cup is settled, remember their story.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 16, 2022

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

Amnesty International and other bodies have called on football’s governing organisation to rectify the issue and set up a fund for labourers to access ‘the compensation they deserve’ from Qatar

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Infantino says double standard behind World Cup critics

FIFA president Gianni Infantino targets European critics of World Cup host Qatar and suggests a moral double standard in his home continent

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022

Female migrant workers speak out about harassment in Qatar’s World Cup hotels

Globally, women hospitality workers are vulnerable to abuse, with sporting events linked to increased risk. We spoke to five women about their experiences in Qatar’s hotels

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022

Rights body reveals labour abuse, violations at all Qatar stadiums hosting FIFA WC matches

NEW DELHI: “While I worked, I used to wish I could watch Messi play. I imagined he would hear us and make everyone listen to us. And it would ease our pain.”

The Times of India · Nov 14, 2022

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The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Netherlands confirm plans for players to meet migrant workers at World Cup

The squad will meet a group of migrant workers after a training session ahead of the team’s first match in Qatar

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Dutch World Cup players to meet migrant workers in Qatar

The Dutch World Cup squad will meet a group of migrant workers in Qatar after a training session ahead of the team’s first match as part of the Dutch soccer federation’s push to promote human rights at the tournament

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Qatar migrant workers suffered discrimination and wage theft, new report finds

The 75-page report by the London-based charity Equidem comes less than two weeks before the Gulf Arab nation hosts the World Cup

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Rights group: Labor abuses widespread at World Cup stadiums

Migrant laborers who built Qatar’s World Cup stadiums often worked long hours under harsh conditions and were subjected to discrimination, wage theft and other abuses

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France 24 · Sep 8, 2022

For Qatar's foreign workers, protesting can lead to deportation

As Qatar prepares to host the FIFA World Cup in November, the country is once again drawing criticism from human rights organisations. For several months, a construction company's workers have been protesting to claim unpaid wages. But on August 14, the Qatari government arrested some of them and deported them.

The Hindu · Aug 22, 2022

Qatar detains workers protesting late pay before FIFA World Cup 2022

Video footage posted online showed some 60 workers angry about their salaries protesting on August 14 outside of the Doha offices of Al Bandary International Group

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022

Qatar detains workers protesting late pay before World Cup

An advocacy group says Qatar arrested at least 60 foreign workers who protested going months without their pay and deported some of them

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2022

New report highlights labour rights abuses at Dubai’s Expo 2020

Workers who built the Dubai’s extravagant Expo 2020 site face exploitation, labour abuses, a new report has found.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Dubai’s Expo 2020 hit by allegations of migrant worker exploitation

Migrant workers in the UAE say they had to pay illegal recruitment fees and had their passports confiscated

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

New report details labor rights abuses at Dubai's Expo 2020

A new report says that the legions of workers who built Dubai’s vast Expo 2020 site and keep it running face exploitation, grim conditions and a wide range of labor abuses

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