Amnesty International

Amnesty International is a global human rights organization that works to promote and protect human rights around the world, including the right to be free from human trafficking. Amnesty International conducts research and advocacy on human trafficking, and works to raise public awareness about the issue. The organization also advocates for policy changes at the national and international levels to prevent trafficking and protect the rights of trafficking victims.

 

Why personal is political at FIFA – dtnext
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Why personal is political at FIFA – dtnext

One of the most anticipated events in this season’s sporting calendar, the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, kicked off this month with great fanfare. This time, the onset of the games has been clouded by controversies surrounding the host nation’s human rights track record, with regard to its treatment of migrant workers as well…

Is there slavery in Qatar? Country receives complaints – The Goa Spotlight
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Is there slavery in Qatar? Country receives complaints – The Goa Spotlight

Modern stadiums, hundreds of large mirrored buildings, modern infrastructure throughout the cities, Qatar seems like a futuristic dream. But the new structures built to host the 2022 World Cup carry a somber imprint. A report by the British newspaper The Guardian revealed that 6,500 workers have died since the Asian country received the right to…

Sally Hayden: EU adds Egypt to the list of countries it is paying to keep migrants out
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Sally Hayden: EU adds Egypt to the list of countries it is paying to keep migrants out

On October 30th the first phase of an “€80 million border management programme” was signed between the EU and Egypt during a visit to Cairo by the EU’s commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi. The funding will assist Egypt’s border and coastguards, the Reuters news agency has reported, while providing for “the procurement of…

Qatar government refuses to support fund for exploited workers
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Qatar government refuses to support fund for exploited workers

Amid growing pressure ahead of the World Cup on November 20, this week the Qatari labor minister Ali bin Samikh Al Marri refused to support a compensation fund for exploited migrant workers and the families of those workers who have died. Migrant worker concerns dismissed We are disappointed that Al Marri dismissed the Pay Up…

Modern slavery and legal reform in the UK: what we’re calling for
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Modern slavery and legal reform in the UK: what we’re calling for

Image credit: Mind and I, via Shutterstock. Changes in the law can transform lives. We know this because we recently celebrated the end of systematic State-imposed forced labour in Uzbekistan after a 15-year-long campaign. This is why, in the UK, we continue to call for provisions that aim to both prevent modern slavery and provide…

Rohingya seek reparations from Facebook for role in massacre | National | wtva.com
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Rohingya seek reparations from Facebook for role in massacre | National | wtva.com

With roosters crowing in the background as he speaks from the crowded refugee camp in Bangladesh that’s been his home since 2017, Maung Sawyeddollah, 21, describes what happened when violent hate speech and disinformation targeting the Rohingya minority in Myanmar began to spread on Facebook. “We were good with most of the people there. But…

Pressure builds on Football Associations to step up for exploited workers
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Pressure builds on Football Associations to step up for exploited workers

On Wednesday England’s Football Association (FA) said families of abused migrant workers who have worked on key infrastructure for the Qatar World Cup should be compensated. Now, the FA must back this pledge up with specific support for a FIFA compensation fund for migrant workers. Exploited workers behind the World Cup Thousands of migrant workers…

Football fans urge FIFA to pay up for migrant worker abuses
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Football fans urge FIFA to pay up for migrant worker abuses

Results from a survey commissioned by Amnesty International show that the majority of football fans are in favor of FIFA paying  $440 million in compensation to migrant workers who suffered abuses in bringing us the World Cup set to take place in Qatar. Pressure from fans 17,000 fans from 15 countries responded to the survey…

Iran: 2 activists arrested for promoting homosexuality, human trafficking – The Siasat Daily
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Iran: 2 activists arrested for promoting homosexuality, human trafficking – The Siasat Daily

Tehran: A court in Iran has sentenced two Iranian women to death on charges of crimes including human trafficking and promoting homosexuality, according to human rights organisation Hengaw. The two LGBTI activists, 31-year-old Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani, and 24-year-old Elham Chobdar imprisoned in the women’s ward of Urmia Central Prison have been accused of ‘corruption on earth’…

Iran Sentences 2 Women to Death for ‘Human Trafficking’
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Iran Sentences 2 Women to Death for ‘Human Trafficking’

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has sentenced two women to death on charges of human trafficking, the country’s official IRNA news agency reported Monday, a penalty that sparked widespread condemnation online. Authorities accused the women — identified as Zahra Sedighi and Elham Chobdar — of “corruption on earth,” a term often used to describe…