Qatar

“You have just to do your work and suffer alone”

USM Qatar provided staff to the Netherlands and United States World Cup team hotels, as well as a hotel accommodating Fifa personnel during the tournament. Workers tell of rampant labour abuses at the company.

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12 June, 2023

The illusion of legacy and reforms

Three teenagers worked as security guards on World Cup venues throughout the tournament. But were never paid by their employer, Stark Security Services, a company owned by persons with close ties to the ruling family and who stand accused of funding Al Qaeda terrorists.

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28 May, 2023

Homeless in Doha

With the promise of paying jobs, the families of David and Paul sold their properties to fund their travel to Qatar. They worked as security guards at a World Cup stadium. The Fifa World Cup subcontractor Stark Security never paid them. They had to sleep rough.

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6 February, 2023

The climate of fear

Mohamed works as a security guard at a World Cup stadium. He has not been able to sleep for days – the stress and the anxiety getting to him. He wants to return to Dhaka as soon as possible.

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17 December, 2022

The invisibles

In the shadow of the vast gold-clad bowl Lusail stadium, the World Cup’s 1 billion-dollar centrepiece venue resembling the ark of Noah, Joseph sums up his existence, his fate tied to that of the World Cup: “No one sees us.”

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6 December, 2022

World Cup security guards: Unpaid and exploited

They haven’t been paid salaries for the last two months. Meet two African security guards that work for a company that has several Fifa and World Cup assignments during the tournament in Qatar.

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23 November, 2022

Don’t look up

According to Fifa, Qatar 2022 is to be the 'greenest of all World Cups'. But independent reports show that far from being the first carbon-neutral global sports competition in sports history, as promised by Fifa president Gianni Infantino, the forthcoming World Cup will be the dirtiest ever staged.

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8 November, 2022

Editorial – Josimar International Edition

Politicians, leading academics and international trade unions have praised Qatar for its reforms since they were given the hosting rights to the 2022 World Cup in 2010, following a corrupt process. But how are things really on the ground?

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26 October, 2022

“They say we have to pay 4500 riyals to change employer”

A company directly and heavily involved with the World Cup in Qatar, with thousands of employees, is blackmailing its workers.

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23 September, 2022

Abdullah and the Spin Machine:

How a whistleblower exposed the dark truth of Qatar’s World Cup.

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18 March, 2022

The interview that disappeared

In November two NRK journalists in Qatar were arrested for trespassing. But was that a diversion to hide the real reason: to prevent the publication of an interview NRK did with Head of Qatar 2022’s Supreme Committee Hassan Al-Thawadi about Abdullah Ibhais just prior to their arrest?

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22 December, 2021

A matter of life and death

The hunger striking whistleblower Abdullah Ibhais has been denied salt by his prison guards. Meanwhile the Supreme Committee has asked his lawyer to step down and, if not, warning him that representing Ibhais will damage his career.

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6 December, 2021

Qatar

“You have just to do your work and suffer alone”

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The illusion of legacy and reforms

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Homeless in Doha

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The climate of fear

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The invisibles

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World Cup security guards: Unpaid and exploited

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Don’t look up

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Editorial – Josimar International Edition

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“They say we have to pay 4500 riyals to change employer”

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Abdullah and the Spin Machine:

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The interview that disappeared

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A matter of life and death

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“Everyone who hears the name is afraid”

Guilt by association

“You play like wild pigs”

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