World Cup in Qatar Is “Deadliest Major Sporting Event” in History, Built on a Decade of Forced Labor
SHORT VIDEO CLIPS, 28 Nov 2022
Amy Goodman | Democracy NOW! – TRANSCEND Media Service
21 Nov 2022 – As the World Cup begins, we look at the host country of Qatar’s labor and human rights record. “This is the deadliest major sporting event, possibly ever, in history,” says Minky Worden of Human Rights Watch, who describes how millions of migrant workers from the world’s poorest countries have faced deadly and forced labor conditions working on the $2 billion infrastructure. By one count, 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since 2010, when it was awarded the right to host the games. “These are unprecedented labor rights abuses,” says Worden, who claims “there’s no ability if you’re a migrant worker in Qatar to strike for your basic human rights.”
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Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 900 stations in North America. She is the author of Breaking the Sound Barrier, released in paperback and now a New York Times best-seller.
Tags: Corruption, Culture of Violence, FIFA, Inequality, Migrant Workers, Qatar, Slave labor, Soccer World Cup, Sports, Structural violence
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