International watchdog Human Rights Watch has criticized the authorities of Qatar and the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) over their “callous” response about the death of an overseas Filipino worker during the ongoing World Cup.
International watchdog Human Rights Watch has criticized the authorities of Qatar and the Federation Internationale de Football Association over their “callous” response about the death of an overseas Filipino worker during the ongoing World Cup.
“But FIFA and Qatari authorities responded callously to media questions about his death, returning the spotlight to their disregard for the deaths of thousands of migrant workers in the years leading up to the tournament,” it added, citing instances where Qatar World Cup chief executive Nasser al-Khater and FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura allegedly made callous remarks.
“This shameful government attitude towards migrant worker deaths is reflected in the authorities’ failure to investigate the thousands of migrant worker deaths since 2010. It also ignores that many of these deaths were preventable,” HRW said.
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