Articles by Owen Gibson
We found 3 results.
Death Toll among Qatar’s 2022 World Cup Workers Revealed
Owen Gibson, and Pete Pattisson – The Guardian,
29 Dec 2014
Nepalese migrants building the infrastructure to the 2022 World Cup have died at a rate of one every two days in 2014 – despite Qatar’s promises to improve their working conditions. The figure excludes deaths of Indian, Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi workers, raising fears that fatalities would be more than one a day.
→ read full articleQatar Promises to Reform Labour Laws after Outcry over ‘World Cup Slaves’
Ian Black, Owen Gibson and Robert Booth – The Guardian,
19 May 2014
Officials said they would replace the country’s “kafala” sponsorship system, which tethers workers to a single employer, who can therefore treat his workforce with impunity, pending the approval of a draft law.
→ read full articleQatar 2022 World Cup Workers ‘Treated Like Cattle’, Amnesty Report Finds
Owen Gibson – The Guardian,
18 Nov 2013
A damning Amnesty report has raised fresh fears about the exploitation of the migrant workers building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, amid a rising toll of death, disease and misery. The report – published a week after Fifa’s president, Sepp Blatter, met the country’s emir and declared Qatar was “on the right track” in dealing with workers’ rights.
→ read full article