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Qatar arrested at least 60 migrant laborers protesting working conditions earlier this month, according to a report Monday from a human rights group, only the latest controversy to hit the country and its treatment of workers hired to ready the country for November’s World Cup.

ការពិតសំខាន់

Last week, Qatari authorities arrested 60-plus foreign workers who alleged they went unpaid for as long as seven months, deporting some of them, នេះបើយោងតាម to the London-based labor rights group Equidem.

The Qatari embassy in Washington, D.C., did not immediately respond to ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes’ request for comment, though a Qatari official បានបញ្ជាក់ the arrests to the Associated Press, claiming in a statement the protestors were “breaching public safety laws.”

កា​តា has relied on thousands of migrant workers, primarily from India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, to build seven new stadiums, a new airport and other multibillion-dollar infrastructure projects ahead of the World Cup.

សាវតាសំខាន់

The arrests follow years of outrage at Qatar’s treatment of its extensive foreign worker population since FIFA awarded the 2022 World Cup to the country in 2010. An analysis from the អាណាព្យាបាល កាលពីឆ្នាំមុន បានរកឃើញ that at least 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar in the last decade. Groups such as អង្គការលើកលែងទោសអន្ដរជាតិ និង អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំមើល​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស have reported extensive evidence of labor abuses associated with World Cup construction in Qatar, including forced labor and cramped living conditions. Organizers of the event បានទទួលស្គាល់ worker abuses took place in April, though it blamed the “unacceptable” exploitation on three companies contracted for the event in a statement.

តង់ហ្សង់។

There are 1.7 million migrant workers in Qatar, នេះបើយោងតាម to Amnesty International, representing 90% of the country’s workforce.

លេខធំ

About $200 billion. That’s ប៉ុន្មាន Qatar has spent on construction for the upcoming World Cup, the first World Cup in the Middle East, and the first taking place in the winter due to the country’s extreme heat.

អានបន្ថែម

Qatar World Cup organizers admit workers were exploited (សារព័ត៌មានពាក់ព័ន្ធ)

Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded (អាណាព្យាបាល)

Why is the World Cup in Qatar? Your questions answered (កីឡា)