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The situation of foreign workers’ rights in Qatar.

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January 31, 2020
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Foreign employment in Qatar has registered a rapid increase since 2010 in which Qatar was granted the right to host the 2022 World Cup. Due to reasons, including the boom that followed that year in

MAAT for peace development and human rights reveals violations of workers’ rights in Qatar.

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January 30, 2020
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Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights participated in the 97th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva, and in its interventions before the Committee regarding the Qatari and

Labor Rights Are Human Rights — It’s Time We Guaranteed Them in the Constitution

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January 21, 2020
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The US used to tell the world that strong unions were a bulwark against fascism. We should take our own advice and enshrine the right to organize. Democratic presidential contenders are renewing their acquaintance with

Workers are on the move, often into uncertain and potentially exploitative labor

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January 21, 2020
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Shifts in demographic and economic patterns are pushing workers to cross borders for jobs in ever increasing numbers. Migrants often leave their home communities due to extreme poverty and face exploitation as they search for

Recruitment scandal: Qatar’s Yousif Bin Mohamed Al-Hail abuses Nepalese migrant workers, making millions

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January 20, 2020
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The recent findings exposed how Qatar's ambassador to the Republic of Nepal Sheikh Yousif Bin Mohamed Al-Hail was looting many Nepali immigrants through a recruitment agency. Victims of the recruitment scandal revealed that Qatar ambassador