With the International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Qatari record was marked by many violations in the field of human rights, and the Qatari government remained totally disregarding international condemnations regarding the human rights of Qataris or foreign expatriate workers, as it does not care to provide any humanitarian care, as well as its sponsorship of terrorism at the regional and international level.
Qatari Families from the Ghufran clan remain stateless and deprived of key human rights 20 years after the government stripped them of their citizenship. Qatari laws continue to discriminate against women.
2,068 complaints filed by Indian workers were received by the Indian embassy in Doha, Qatar, from July 2019 till April 2020 relating to violation of contract term by employers and harsh working conditions. This seems to indicate that the conditions under which many Indian migrant workers in the Gulf country work, continues to be precarious, despite the Qatari authorities highlighting labour reforms.
Most violations are regarding non-payment of salaries and denial of legitimate labour rights, non-issuance/renewal of residence permits, non-payment/grant of overtime allowance, weekly holidays, longer working hours, refusal to grant exit/re–entry permits, and non-provision of medical and insurance facilities.
An undercover investigation on labour conditions in Qatar has, for the first time, prompted FIFA to admit violations of worker standards on World Cup projects. A Deutsche Welle report on the investigation says that “FIFA have promised to investigate the allegations made by WDR” and that the football governing body issued a press release in which in stated “We are aware of reports that the company TAWASOL – a sub-contractor in the construction of the Al Bayt Stadium – has violated the standards for workers”.
The investigation by the German broadcaster WDR found delayed wages to be a recurrent theme for the thousands of Nepalese migrant workers on projects in Qatar. It features interviews with migrant workers who allege a range of additional abuses including expired visas, poor accommodation and hazardous working conditions. Additionally, the Nepal embassy disclosed data to WDR showing that 1,426 Nepalese workers had died in Qatar between 2009 and 2019.
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