Report
FIFA Should Match $440M World Cup Prize Money to Fund Major Compensation Program for Abused Migrant Workers in Qatar
FIFA should earmark at least $440M to provide remedy for the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who have suffered…
May 18, 2022
Press Release
Contact tracing app security flaw exposed sensitive personal details of more than one million
Serious security vulnerabilities in Qatar’s mandatory contact tracing app, uncovered by Amnesty International, must act as a wake-up call for…
May 26, 2020
Press Release
Migrant workers in Qatar illegally expelled during COVID-19 pandemic
Qatari authorities rounded up and expelled dozens of migrant workers after telling them they were being taken to be tested for COVID-19,…
April 15, 2020
Press Release
Workshop for media featuring Nazanin Boniadi and the Middle East Institute will examine COVID-19 impact on the Middle East and North Africa
As part of a series of workshops exploring human rights concerns related to the COVID-19 response, Amnesty International USA will…
April 7, 2020
Press Release
Qatari Migrant Workers in Labor Camps at Grave Risk Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Responding to reports that parts of Qatar’s Industrial Area in Doha - home to a large number of migrant workers’…
March 20, 2020
Press Release
World Athletics Championships in Qatar Played Out in Shadow of Migrant Worker Abuses
The plight of migrant workers who continue to be abused and exploited while working in Qatar will cast a shadow…
September 25, 2019
Report
Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa: A review of 2018
The international community’s chilling complacency towards wide-scale human rights violations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has emboldened…
February 26, 2019
Report
Qatar: Authorities must step up efforts to honour labour rights promises before 2022 World Cup
With less than four years to go until the 2022 World Cup, the Qatari authorities risk falling behind on their…
February 4, 2019
Report
Qatar: Migrant workers unpaid for months of work by company linked to World Cup host city
A new investigation by Amnesty International has exposed how an engineering company involved in building 2022 FIFA World Cup infrastructure…
September 25, 2018
Press Release
Gulf crisis: Six months on, families still bearing brunt of Qatar political dispute
The lives of thousands of Gulf residents remain in turmoil as a consequence of the ongoing political dispute in the…
December 14, 2017
Press Release
FIFA under pressure over handling of World Cup construction abuse
FIFA should act immediately on a series of critical recommendations made today in the first report published by its Human…
November 9, 2017
Report
New name, old system? Qatar’s new employment law and abuse of migrant workers
Changes to labor laws in Qatar barely scratch the surface and will continue to leave migrant workers, including those building…
December 9, 2016