Migrant workers in Qatar
May Day: Worker’s struggle celebration is well-deserved after a momentous year
After a year of ongoing crisis, Peoples Dispatch looks back on some of the most important labor struggles of this past year.
Qatar jails migrant worker for speaking out on labor violations
Jordanian Abdullah Ibhais was sentenced to five years in prison in April this year. Human rights groups assert that the sentence is based on false and baseless charges completely lacking evidence
6,750 migrant workers’ deaths in Qatar in last 10 years, report finds
Migrant workers in Qatar face systematic abuse and labor rights violations, issues which have gone unaddressed by the government despite repeated appeals by human rights groups and labor organizations
- Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine
- During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform
- German authorities’ crackdown on Palestine Conference sparks widespread outrage
- As elections approach, India’s farmers count government’s broken promises
- Argentine unions call another general strike for May 9
