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BBC journalists arrested for reporting on Qatar’s World Cup labourers

United Kingdom Architecture News - May 19, 2015 - 22:38   3041 views

BBC journalists arrested for reporting on Qatar’s World Cup labourers

Qatar has been criticised over abuse of migrant workers

We were invited to Qatar by the prime minister's office to see new flagship accommodation for low-paid migrant workers in early May - but while gathering additional material for our report, we ended up being thrown into prison for doing our jobs.

Our arrest was dramatic.

We were on a quiet stretch of road in the capital, Doha, on our way to film a group of workers from Nepal.

The working and housing conditions of migrant workers constructing new buildings in Qatar ahead of the World Cup have been heavily criticised and we wanted to see them for ourselves......Continue Reading

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