Qatar risks an own goal on worker rights at 2022 World Cup

Labour rights groups point to poor pay, safety, but Qatar rejects calls to compensate workers who suffered

17 November 2022 - 21:25 By Anuradha Nagaraj and Pramod Acharya

A li Aksar is rooting for Argentina to win the upcoming football World Cup in Qatar — a tournament he will watch on a big community screen set up near his home in southern India...

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