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November 15, 2019

UN Working Group calls on Qatar to protect people from arbitrary detention

The de facto deprivation of liberty at the hands of private individuals disproportionally affects women through the system of legal guardianship, and migrant workers who are prevented from leaving their employers.
September 21, 2019

Migrant workers still being exploited in Qatar, says Amnesty

Hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar are going unpaid despite Qatar’s repeated promises to improve workers’ rights ahead of the 2022 World Cup, says Amnesty International.
February 6, 2019

Many migrant workers in Qatar 'still at risk of forced labour'

The Qatari authorities are still failing to tackle widespread labour exploitation in the country, says Amnesty International.
September 27, 2018

Migrant workers unpaid for months by company linked to Qatar World Cup

Scores of indebted workers from India, Nepal and the Philippines are owed an average of £1,500 each.
December 24, 2017

Reflections on Qatar's National Day

I am not from Qatar nor, for that matter, am I from the Gulf region. I have never worked in this region and so do not qualify as an expatriate resident either.
August 8, 2017

Israel's plans to shut down Al-Jazeera condemned

Human rights and media organisations have condemned the announcement by Israel's communications minister, Ayoub Kara, that the Israeli government has decided to close Al Jazeera' s office in Jerusalem and take the channel off air.
June 14, 2017

Media blocked and threatened in dispute with Qatar

Arab countries engaged in a dispute with Qatar have shut down media outlets with links to or considered sympathetic to the Qatari government, Human Rights Watch said today.
March 20, 2017

Call for ILO to continue probe into Qatari migrant worker abuse

The International Labour Organisation's governing body must continue to scrutinise Qatar's record on migrant labour abuse, Amnesty International says, ahead of a crucial 21 March 2017 decision on a complaint brought by trade unions against the Gulf state.
April 23, 2014

New report reveals abuse of foreign domestic workers in Qatar

A new report from Amnesty says the Qatari authorities are failing to protect thousands of foreign domestic workers who face severe exploitation.
March 19, 2014

World football body asked to address Qatar migrant workers’ rights

Migrant workers’ rights in Qatar and the 2022 World Cup will be under discussion at FIFA's Executive Committee meeting in Zurich.