Author: Capn Hook

As a protest against the orientation of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar, artists Volker-Johannes drift and the associations of the workers’ welfare ride 6500 unloaded with sand-filled footballs off the FIFA headquarters.

“At the expense of the Football World Cup, many thousand people died in Qatar in the construction of the stadiums. They were treated like slaves and died at heat, exhaustion or due to lack of security precautions. This was made by the FIFA and the government in Qatar accepted, “said drift of a message.

Friday as a day of action was chosen because in the evening in Doha the groups of the finals (21 November to 18 December) are drawn. The associations were involved AWO International and AWO District Western Westphalia. The balls were printed with the quote “world conscience, you are a stain of shame”. There are other actions planned, it was said in a message. Also collected are donations, “which benefits people in the countries of the killed”.

Because of World Cup: Debate on human rights situation in Qatar

The World Cup host has been practically since the allocation since the end of 2010 because of the human rights situation and the conditions for foreign workers in criticism. The focus was and stands the so-called Kafala system, which takes workers from abroad virtually all rights. According to the newspaper “Guardian”, more than 6,500 workers from Southeast Asia have died since the award.

The Emirate government repeatedly refers to numerous reforms – especially for workers’ rights. In contrast to other countries of the region, the Kafala system is officially abolished in Qatar. Violations of the new laws would follow Rigoros, it says from the Emirate, who admits mistakes and patience in needed. With regard to the died workers, Qatar argues that the sterbar rate is lying in the face of more than 1.4 million people from the region in the country in the expected area.