Some of the workers in the Gulf States are practically treated like slaves.

[Sally]

Some of the workers in the Gulf States are practically treated like slaves.

Qatar’s Sports-Focused Public Diplomacy Backfires – Analysis
February 3, 2014 James M. Dorsey Leave a comment
By James M. Dorsey

A perceived lack of real progress in the improvement of conditions for foreign labour, aggravated by a Qatari reluctance to engage in public debate beyond platitudes, is undermining the soft power goals underlying the Gulf state’s sports strategy.

The silver lining in the public relations beating Qatar is taking is that it forces international sports associations like FIFA, the world’s governing soccer body, to include issues of labour and other rights in their policy towards hosts of mega events like the 2022 World Cup. That was already evident last year when the International Olympics Committee (IOC) rejected Qatar’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics, in part, according to labour activists, because of workers’ material conditions.

FIFA, in its latest response to persistent media reporting on onerous living and working conditions of foreign workers who constitute a majority of the Gulf state’s population and are building vast infrastructure projects some of which are World Cup-related, demanded this week that Qatar report in its progress on improving living and working circumstances.

Continue reading at:

Qatar's Sports-Focused Public Diplomacy Backfires - Analysis Eurasia Review

 

[irosie91]

Some of the workers in the Gulf States are practically treated like slaves.

Qatar’s Sports-Focused Public Diplomacy Backfires – Analysis
February 3, 2014 James M. Dorsey Leave a comment
By James M. Dorsey

A perceived lack of real progress in the improvement of conditions for foreign labour, aggravated by a Qatari reluctance to engage in public debate beyond platitudes, is undermining the soft power goals underlying the Gulf state’s sports strategy.

The silver lining in the public relations beating Qatar is taking is that it forces international sports associations like FIFA, the world’s governing soccer body, to include issues of labour and other rights in their policy towards hosts of mega events like the 2022 World Cup. That was already evident last year when the International Olympics
Committee (IOC) rejected Qatar’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics, in part, according to labour activists, because of workers’ material conditions.

FIFA, in its latest response to persistent media reporting on onerous living and working conditions of foreign workers who constitute a majority of the Gulf state’s population and
are building vast infrastructure projects some of which are World Cup-related, demanded this week that Qatar report in its progress on improving living and working circumstances.

Continue reading at:

Qatar's Sports-Focused Public Diplomacy Backfires - Analysis Eurasia Review

Sally---when my baby was in the NAVY----his ship docked at EMIRATE
countries-------my little snowflake was the GROUP SOPHISTICATE----
He had experience with ----various cuisines (ie other than Mc donald's
and Taco bell. ) He like to find INDIAN restaurants wherever
they went (an influence from home) So when in any of
the emirates----he just looked around for a HINDU----He had
noticed "HINDUS DO ALL THE WORK" He just had to find
a store clerk ---or a guy fixing something, or someone carrying
stuff-----INDIAN HINDU!!!!!! ...'can you tell me where I can
find an indian restaurant'....??? (just about all indian hindus
speak english) He came to the conclusion----->>>

IF ALL THE HINDUS IN ARAB OIL LANDS DECIDED TO SIT
DOWN ON THE GROUND ---ALL AT ONCE---AND STOP
WORKING------all those countries would cave in a matter of
two days...........