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Corruption
As a result, there has been speculation that Qatar won the World Cup by bribing and paying millions of dollars to members of the International Federation of Association Football's executive committee ahead of the final elections. -
Protests
In Bahrain, the regime arrested and persecuted athletes who participated in peaceful demonstrations in 2011. -
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Crime
A football player was arrested in 2012 for a crime he not have committed. -
Abuses of human rights
Following the growing publicity about human rights violations and violations directly related to the creation of projects related to the World Cup, the Qatari authorities announced that they would cooperate with the International Labor Organization in reforming the kafala system and labor laws. -
Labor rights
ILO Agreement 29 (ILO) defines compulsory labor as “all work or service required of a person under the threat of any penalty and for which that person has not volunteered”. -
Migrant workers
The NGO urged FIFA to set up a compensation fund of at least 440 million dollars for the families of migrant workers exploited, injured or killed on construction sites in the emirate. -
Construction workers in the emirate
The non-governmental organization Amnesty Universal published on Thursday 19 May a report on the human rights abuses faced by millions of construction workers in the emirate.