I'm no human rights expert and nor am I trying to defend slavery. I'm just combatting the insane about of FUD that exists around basically any country in the middle east, specially on forums that are comprised of mostly western people.
People on here are totally misreading the Amnesty report though. The report does not say 15,000 immigrants died from World Cup construction. It says 15,000 migrants died over the period specified (which is a nominal figure), but it says that they do not understand what the cause of death was because Qatar is either purposefully or incompetently diagnosing this. That needs to be fixed.
I don't think Qatar is unique in mistreating its immigrant labor. Everywhere I've lived in the West does this to some degree, though not as seriously as Qatar was doing in the past.
That’s a problem. You’re ignoring actual experts and spreading misinformation and now lies.
Your responses to the commenter above (across a few threads) are sounding hysterical. I'm not sure why. :(
At least they seem to be trying to work out the numbers and thing for themselves, and are looking for external sources for information to work with.
Pointing out flaws in critical reports is not "defending human rights violations," it's highlighting weaknesses in the case, which helps people to make a stronger case.
(Plus, something isn't right and true just because Amnesty says it.)