...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...'s $45 billion World Cup final city of Lusail have gone unpaid for months,
Mercury MENA "failed to pay its workers thousands of dollars in wages and work benefits, leaving them stranded and penniless" in the country, according to the London-based rights group.
However in response, football's governing body FIFA accused Amnesty of being "misleading" and said the non-payments were not connected to the 2022 tournament.
Amnesty alleges that at least 78 employees from Nepal, India and the Philippines had not been paid since February 2016 and were owed an average of $2,000 (1,700 euros) ‐ for some the equivalent of several months' wages.
In some cases this had "ruined lives", said Amnesty, which urged the Doha government to pay the workers, some of whom took out huge loans to secure a job in the super-wealthy Gulf state.
One worker, Ernesto, a piping foreman from the Philippines, told Amnesty he was in greater debt after working in Qatar for two years than before he arrived in the country.
Other labourers from Nepal said they had to take their children out of school or sell land to cover debts incurred by working in Qatar.
"By ensuring they get the wages which they are owed, Qatar can help these migrant workers to rebuild their lives," said Steve Cockburn, Amnesty's director of global issues.
It claimed Mercury MENA "took advantage" of Qatar's "kafala" system, which prevents workers from changing jobs or leaving the country without the permission of bosses.