Qatar: security guards on forced labor | Amnesty Australia

Qatar: Security guards subjected to forced labor

Security guards in Qatar are working in conditions which amount to forced labour, including on projects linked to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Amnesty International…

Security personnel in Qatar are working in conditions akin to forced labour, including on projects related to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Amnesty International has found. In a new report, They Think We Are Machines, Amnesty documented the experiences of 34 current or former employees of eight private security companies in Qatar.

The security forces, all migrant workers, routinely described working 12 hours a day, seven days a week - often going months or even years without a day off. Most said their employers refused to comply with the weekly rest day required by Qatari law, and workers who took their day anyway were punished with arbitrary wage deductions. One man described his first year in Qatar as "survival of the fittest".

Read the full report here, along with the official response from the Government of Qatar and FIFA:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/04/qatar-security-guards-subjected-to-forced-labour/

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