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complaints, and air tickets home. We also spoke with several representatives of the Qatar
National Human Rights Committee, a government-funded human rights organization in
Doha, and interviewed a legal counselor who provides pro bono legal counsel to migrants
seeking assistance.
In addition, Human Rights Watch met with representatives from the Labor Ministry in Doha,
and spoke with the acting Minister for Labor and Social Affairs in Geneva. We met with
diplomatic staff and labor attachés at four embassies of labor-sending countries in Qatar.
While some embassy officials spoke openly, others agreed to be interviewed only on the
condition that Human Rights Watch not identify their names or their country’s embassy in
this report. We have not named any of the embassies we visited in our report, to preserve
the anonymity of those who requested it.
We interviewed four professors and academic researchers who have researched the
situation of migrant workers in Qatar, and two journalists who have covered this topic, as
well as reviewing relevant academic literature, news articles, and reports published by
NGOs and international institutions. In total, we conducted 114 interviews for this report.
Lastly, we sent letters summarizing our findings, requesting an official response, and
providing a detailed set of queries to the Qatari government, to FIFA, and to companies
mentioned in our report. We have affixed this correspondence as an appendix to our report,
and directly incorporated relevant sections into the report.
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