A employee on the building website of the World Cup. (Consultant picture)
It has been nearly 5 months because the FIFA World Cup resulted in Qatar, incomes the tag of a profitable occasion held within the Center Japanese nation. It took the onerous work of 1000’s of migrant staff to make the occasion profitable, however nonetheless, three World Cup safety guards who have been detained whereas making an attempt to resolve a dispute over unpaid wages are nonetheless being held in Qatar, months after their arrest, in keeping with The Guardian.
The news outlet reported that Shakir Ullah and Zafar Iqbal from Pakistan and an Indian nationwide, have allegedly been sentenced to 6 months in jail and fined 10,000 riyals (Rs 2,20,000) every. The findings, first established by the human rights group Equidem and verified by the Guardian, are a surprising postscript to the World Cup, which Fifa promised would go away a long-lasting legacy of higher staff’ rights within the Gulf state. Qatar has not commented on the case.
All three staff have been employed by the native personal safety agency Stark Safety Providers to work on the event’s main places, however they have been let go days after the ultimate regardless of having months left on their employment agreements.
Human rights group Equidem is demanding the fast launch of the migrant staff.
“That is the true price of Fifa’s reckless disregard for the rights of people that assist them generate enormous earnings,” Equidem’s director, Mustafa Qadri, mentioned.
The Guardian spoke with 9 further overseas workers who have been employed in an identical manner, they usually all acknowledged that their contracts had been ended early.
“We went to Qatar to earn cash and make a greater life for our household, however the firm and authorities cheated us,” mentioned one other fired safety guard from Pakistan. “We felt so helpless.”
