FIFA ignores own report to provide compensation - NEWS - 30/11/2024
FIFA has published its long-delayed independent report on the World Cup in Qatar which clearly concludes that the organisation has a responsibilty to ensure remedy including compensation to hundreds of thousands of workers who suffered abuses. Read more.
The launch of FIFA's World Cup Legacy Fund does not include any recognition of their clear responsibility towards the vast number of migrant workers who were exploited and, in many cases, died to make the 2022 World Cup possible. Read more.
UN body calls for release of whistleblower - NEWS - 24/07/2024
Qatari authorities should immediately free Abdullah Ibhais, a Jordanian former media manager for the 2022 men's World Cup, after a United Nations' committee determined that he has been arbitrarily detained for nearly three years. Read more.
Quash conviction of British-Mexican national - NEWS - 05/06/2024
The authorities in Qatar must quash the conviction of British-Mexican national Manuel Guerrero Aviña, who was sentenced to a suspended six-month prison term and a fine following a grossly unfair trial before the Al Sadd Criminal Court in the capital Doha. Read more.