sportsevent:the 2022 football world cup

#Interpol’s controversial funding by #Qatar and the IOC (Mediapart)
▻https://www.wereport.fr/articles/interpols-controversial-funding-by-qatar-and-the-ioc-mediapart

The international #police body Interpol severed all links with football’s governing organisation #FIFA after the latter’s corruption scandal erupted in 2015. But it has maintained partnerships with both the committee organising the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who are at the centre of corruption investigations. This is [...]

#Enquêtes_et_reportages #CIO

#Qatar to abolish #sponsorship system for migrant workers
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/qatar-abolish-sponsorship-system-migrant-workers

Qatar, which will host the 2022 football World Cup, said Wednesday it will abolish its controversial sponsorship system for foreign workers as international criticism mounts over their treatment. It “will be replaced with a system based on employment contracts,” as part of a package of labor reforms, said a statement released at a press conference in Doha. Sponsorship systems for foreign workers exist in most Gulf countries, which employ millions of foreigners, especially from Asia. The system has been strongly criticized by human rights groups and likened to modern-day slavery. read more

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#Qatar denies labor group inspectors access to #World_Cup sites
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/qatar-denies-labor-group-inspectors-access-world-cup-sites

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French unionist Gilles Letort, center, and members of the Building and Wood Worker’s International Federation (BWI) visit a construction site on October 9, 2013 in Doha as they inspect the situation of migrant workers in the 2022 football World Cup host, amid claims of severe exploitation. (Photo: AFP / Al-Watan Doha - Karim Jaafar)

A delegation from an international labor federation inspecting the situation of migrant workers in the 2022 football World Cup host (...)

#migrant_rights #Top_News

Qatar opens probe into claims of slavery-like conditions at World Cup sites
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/qatar-opens-probe-claims-slavery-conditions-world-cup-sites

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A member of Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and Swiss Unia unions holds a red card reading “A red card for FIFA, no World Cup without labor rights” during a demonstration outside the headquarters of the world’s football governing body FIFA in Zurich on October 3, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Fabrice Coffrini)

Qatar has named a global law firm to probe media claims that migrant laborers working on massive infrastructure projects for the 2022 football World Cup (...)

#Qatar._World_Cup #Top_News