This chart shows the staggering human cost of staging a world cup in qatar
This chart shows the staggering human cost of staging a world cup in qatar"
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On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice dropped the hammer on FIFA, the world governing body of soccer, indicting nine senior FIFA officials and five sports marketing execs on charges of
corruption, wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering. Allegations of bribery have long plagued FIFA, especially since its controversial decision to grant Qatar the 2022 World Cup. But
much worse is the plight of South Asian migrant workers brought in to build the stadium infrastructure there: Since 2010, more than 1,200 migrant workers have died in Qatar under hazardous
working conditions, and a 2013 _Guardian_ investigation found that at least 4,000 total are projected to die before the 2022 World Cup even starts. And as we reported yesterday, Nepali
workers weren’t even allowed to return home after the country’s recent devastating earthquake. Christopher Ingraham at the _Washington Post_ put that toll in perspective in a striking
infographic. He compared the number of workers who died in the run-up to several Olympics and World Cups with the number of those who have died in Qatar so far. It’s horrifying: Christopher
Ingraham/_Washington Post_
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