요약
보고된 날짜: 2020년 7월 27일
위치:
카타르
In this three-part series, migrant worker "Noah", who first moved to Doha, Qatar in 2016 and has worked there for two periods, writes of his lived experience for NGO Migrant-Rights.org. In the articles, Noah details his employment with Certis, a Qatari security company that provides workers to projects and clients, including banks, government departments and hotels.
The series alleges that 2,000 workers employed by Certis are currently housed in accommodation in the Industrial Area of Doha in substandard conditions. When reports emerged of an outbreak of COVID-19 among workers housed in the Industrial Area, the workers were relocated to Rastec Villas, where they were also allegedly subject to poor and extremely cramped living conditions.
In the series' second installments who were out of work as the company had not renewed contracts, but had also not granted the workers no objection certificates so that they were unable to look for alternative accommodation. Workers were essentially confined to the accommodation. They were also suffering from irregular wage payments and inexplicable salary deductions without proper payslips.
In May 2021, Noah/Malcolm Bidali was arrested by the Qatari authorities because of his reporting.
기업 페이지
Alfardan Properties
- Client
,
Commercial Bank (CBQ)
- Client
,
Frasers Hospitality
- Client
,
GSS Certis (Certis subsidiary)
- Employer
,
Hamad International Airport
- Client
,
Jaidah
- Client
,
Temasek
,
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
- Client
,
Mannai Corporation
- Client
,
Marriott
- Client
,
Kempinski Hotels
- Client
,
Qatar General Electricity & Water (KAHRAMAA)
- Client
,
Qatar National Bank (QNB)
- Client
,
Rastec Properties
- Client
,
Sephora
- Client
,
IHG Hotels & Resorts
- Client
프로젝트
Fraser Suites Doha
- Client
,
Hamad International Airport (expansion)
- Client
,
InterContinental Doha Hotel
- Client
,
Marsa Malaz Kempinski
- Client
,
The St. Regis Doha
- Client
,
The Westin Doha Hotel & Spa
- Client
,
W Doha
- Client
,
Msheireb Downtown Doha
- Client
기타
Government (
보고 되지 않은/적용 할 수 없는 업계
)
- Unknown
영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수:
2000
Migrant & immigrant workers: (
2000
- 위치를 알 수 없음
, 보안 회사
, 성별 정보 미제공
)
토픽들
위협
,
불안정한/불적합한 생활환경
,
이동 제한
,
표현의 자유
,
식량권
,
개인 건강
,
임금 착취
,
이동의 자유
,
감금
결과
응답 요청: 예, Resource Centre에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리:
(더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Noah approached the client who had subcontracted him, Msheireb Properties, and its parent, Qatar Foundation, detailing the poor living conditions he and other employees were living in through their whistleblowing procedures. Whilst Qatar Foundation had responded, the situation remained unchanged until Migrant-Rights.org published the below pieces and the workers on the Msheireb Downtown Doha project were rehoused in accommodation with more space.
Workers employed by Certis deployed on other projects, however, remain in the camp in "indecent" and "hazardous" accommodation.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre approached Certis and their holding company Temasek, the landlord, 10 companies who were allegedly being provided with security guards by Certis from the camp, and 3 hotel companies who had previously sourced these workers.
In May 2021, Noah/Malcolm Bidali was arrested by the Qatari authority, ostensibly because of his activism. He has been released and charged with spreading disinformation and receiving payments from a "foreign agent". See our ongoing coverage of Malcolm's case here.