Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

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Post by yapcguy » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 5:45 PM UTC

Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'
theguardian.com

Re: Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

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Post by jlgreco » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 6:19 PM UTC

From the article:

• Evidence of forced labour on a huge World Cup infrastructure project.

• Some Nepalese men have alleged that they have not been paid for months and have had their salaries retained to stop them running away.

• Some workers on other sites say employers routinely confiscate passports and refuse to issue ID cards, in effect reducing them to the status of illegal aliens.

• Some labourers say they have been denied access to free drinking water in the desert heat.

• About 30 Nepalese sought refuge at their embassy in Doha to escape the brutal conditions of their employment.

I have to object to The Guardian's use of scare quotes in the title...

Re: Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

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Post by bsullivan01 » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 6:25 PM UTC

jlgreco wrote: post #2

From the article: • Evidence of forced labour on a huge World Cup infrastructure project. • Some Nepalese men have alleged that they have not been paid for months and have had their salaries retained to stop them running away. • Some workers on other sites say employers routinely confiscate passports and refuse to issue ID cards, in effect reducing them to the status of illegal aliens. • Some labourers say they have…

I have to object to The Guardian's use of scare quotes in the title.

You need to read more on the subject then. They have a very different definition of human rights in that part of the world. http://www.bing.com/search?q=maid+abuse+arab+countries

Re: Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

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Post by icecreampain » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 6:27 PM UTC

This is shocking... how? The arab empire was built on the slave trade. The whole of Dubai exists solely due to external workers, from engineers to the bricklayers.

This should not shock anyone.

Re: Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

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Post by wnevets » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 6:27 PM UTC

jlgreco wrote: post #2

From the article: • Evidence of forced labour on a huge World Cup infrastructure project. • Some Nepalese men have alleged that they have not been paid for months and have had their salaries retained to stop them running away. • Some workers on other sites say employers routinely confiscate passports and refuse to issue ID cards, in effect reducing them to the status of illegal aliens. • Some labourers say they have…

Sounds like modern day slavery to me

Re: Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

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Post by spindritf » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 6:28 PM UTC

Not 'slaves' but serfs (no quotes necessary). Since we're moving back to feudalism, we should start getting it right.

Re: Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

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Post by jlgreco » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 6:29 PM UTC

bsullivan01 wrote: post #3

jlgreco wrote: post #2

From the article: • Evidence of forced labour on a huge World Cup infrastructure project. • Some Nepalese men have alleged that they have not been paid for months and have had their salaries retained to stop them running away. • Some workers on other sites say employers routinely confiscate passports and refuse to issue ID cards, in effect reducing them to the status of illegal aliens. • Some labourers say they have…

I have to object to The Guardian's use of scare quotes in the title. You need to read more on the subject then. They have a very different definition of human rights in that part of the world. http://www.bing.com/search?q=maid+abuse+arab+countries

So did The South.

I don't care what they think, I consider it slavery, and so should everybody. Cultural relativism can go to hell when we are talking about fucking forced labor. I am not going to dampen my language just because they think forced labor is just fine, and neither should The Guardian.

Re: Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

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Post by gdilla » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 6:29 PM UTC

icecreampain wrote: post #4

This is shocking... how? The arab empire was built on the slave trade. The whole of Dubai exists solely due to external workers, from engineers to the bricklayers. This should not shock anyone.

Uh, it's still wrong. That's the point.

Re: Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

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Post by jlgreco » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 6:30 PM UTC

wnevets wrote: post #5

jlgreco wrote: post #2

From the article: • Evidence of forced labour on a huge World Cup infrastructure project. • Some Nepalese men have alleged that they have not been paid for months and have had their salaries retained to stop them running away. • Some workers on other sites say employers routinely confiscate passports and refuse to issue ID cards, in effect reducing them to the status of illegal aliens. • Some labourers say they have…

Sounds like modern day slavery to me

That is exactly what it is. The author and/or editor should have had a spine and made the headline: "Revealed: Qatar's World Cup slaves"

Re: Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'

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Post by jlgreco » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 6:33 PM UTC

icecreampain wrote: post #4

This is shocking... how? The arab empire was built on the slave trade. The whole of Dubai exists solely due to external workers, from engineers to the bricklayers. This should not shock anyone.

Something that is shocking is not necessarily surprising. "Shocking" in this case is more about the visceral reaction of disgust it causes.