Malcolm Bedale's arrest draws attention again to limits of expression in 2022 World Cup host nation highlights challenge many migrant workers face when agreeing to a steady job opportunity in Gulf states, in exchange for long shifts doing menial work in the shadows of skyscrapers which they helped construct.
Bidali's supporters said that Qatari security forces detained him on the evening of May 4, and did not provide information about his whereabouts. The Qatari government said that Bidali "is being held and under investigation for violating Qatar's security laws and regulations." The government has refused to provide details of his arrest, where he is being held, whether he has received consular assistance and what potential charges he faces.
The director of the London-based Fair Square Research and Projects, which advocates for the rights of migrant workers in the Middle East, said that Qatar "has taken many steps ... to reform its labor systems. However, when a migrant worker talks about his experience, shares his experience and calls for Change in a completely peaceful way, we see them being arrested and disappeared."
Nevertheless, he has not held back from describing the cramped bedrooms he shares with some of his compatriots about 10 men in a room or frustration at not being able to have the "luxury of privacy" enjoyed by white-collar Western and Qatari expatriates.
Amnesty International had previously called on Qatar to conduct investigations into the deaths of migrant workers working in the construction of facilities for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where the Qatari health reports on these cases indicated that they were natural deaths, which angered Amnesty International and acknowledged that these accidents are worrisome. And it raises concerns that migrant workers have paid a heavy price to organize the 2022 World Cup, and said that it appears that Qatar's reform measures appear to be insufficient to protect them from critical working conditions.
Some are forced into forced labor, cannot change jobs or leave the country, and often wait months for their wages. At the same time, FIFA, the sponsoring companies and the participating construction companies are expected to make huge financial gains from the matches.
Workers often live in overcrowded, filthy and unsafe housing. We saw men sleeping on bunk beds in rooms of eight or more people. Noting that Qatari law and the "Standards of Care for Workers" only allow a maximum of four beds per room, and prohibit family sharing and the use of bunk beds.
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