On Tuesday, international human rights organizations asked sponsors of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to support appeals to compensate migrant workers and their families against the backdrop of allegations of human rights violations they were subjected to while working. in the structures of the World Cup.
She said Human Rights Watch AndTO THE Veer Square said in a joint statement that four of the tournament’s 14 sponsors have declared their support for this compensation.
According to the statement, “AB InBev / Budweiser”, “Adidas”, “Coca-Cola” and “McDonald’s” have announced their support for this financial compensation, while the other ten tournament sponsors have not publicly announced their support. . Among these companies are “Visa”, “Hyundai / Kia”, “Wanda Group”, “Qatar Energy”, “Qatar Airways”, “Vivo” and “Hisense”.
“Brands are buying World Cup sponsorship rights because they want to be associated with joy, fair competition and incredible human success on the pitch, not the rampant wage theft and the death of workers that made the World Cup possible. “said Minky Worden, director of global initiatives at Human Rights Watch.
Starting November 20, Qatar will host the World Cup at the gates of winter, due to the high summer temperatures in the Gulf state.
More than one million visitors are expected to arrive in the country of 2.8 million people.
Qatar has already faced criticism about the conditions of migrant workers, but insists that it has made significant improvements in recent years.
For his part, the general secretary of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Inheritance, which organizes the World Cup, Hassan Al Thawadi, confirmed, yesterday, Monday, Qatar’s commitment to pay 28 million dollars to migrant workers who have paid illegal fees to agents in their country for working in the Gulf emirate.
Al-Thawadi confirmed that Qatar has addressed labor-related reforms “directly” by imposing a minimum wage and improving working conditions.
Al-Thawadi’s statements came at the Concord Conference on Global Affairs in New York, in which he indicated that his country realized that the World Cup had “transformative power” in changing working conditions.
According to published data, an Amnesty International survey found 73% of respondents “strongly in favor” or “tending to support” FIFA’s use of part of the proceeds from the 2022 World Cup to compensate migrant workers.
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