“It’s not just about the deaths in the construction of the stadium, but in general when building the infrastructure for the World Cup,” said Michalski. “It’s not just a moral obligation, it’s a legal obligation. The employer must pay for the families of employees who have died or are now unable to work.”
Together with Amnesty International, the human rights organization is demanding a payment of 440 million euros. Qatar and FIFA should pay for the guest workers who were exploited or died on World Cup construction sites. The sum corresponds to the prize money for the 32 national teams participating in the World Cup.
As the World Cup host, Qatar has been criticized for the human rights situation in the Gulf Emirate. The World Cup starts on November 20th. It is the first time that the soccer World Cup will be held in an Arab country – and the first time not in the summer but at the end of the year.
