- Report alleges abusive practices and racial discrimination
- Qatar claims report ‘ignores positive impact of reforms’
Human rights campaigners have called on Fifa to prevent the “systematic and structural” abuse of private security workers in Qatar ahead of the men’s World Cup finals, which begin in November.
Amnesty International’s 74-page report into the welfare of those employed in the notoriously perilous sector, titled They Think That We’re Machines, alleges abusive practices including overworking, lack of rest days, punitive fines and racial discrimination, which the organisation claims amount to forced labour.
