Fans all over the world are gearing up to watch their national teams face off in the 2022 Soccer World Cup in Qatar, but according to recent press reports. much of the work to build the new stadiums, hotels, restaurants, roads and infrastructure for the tournament was done using forced and exploited labor. For nearly a decade, human rights organizations have been warning about the rampant abuse against Qatar’s migrant workforce, who make up the vast majority of the country’s population.
On Nov 9, a French construction company was charged with forced labor in Qatar related to the World Cup. As the Associated Press reports: Sherpa, a human rights org, “said it collected testimonies about the working conditions at some construction sites operated by Vinci’s subsidiary, which included working in temperatures over 45 C (113 F) with insufficient water, the withholding of passports, and lack of access to showers in accommodations.”
Everything about this World Cup for SPORT is wrong and now even Blatter who was behind Qatar getting it, is saying that it was a mistake…..Democracy is a sham of a system in my book.