Archive for May 28th, 2015
FIFA bribery? What about the 1200 dead migrant workers in Qatar so far?
Posted by John, May 28th, 2015 - under Corruption, Deaths at work, FIFA, Qatar.
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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.
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Powerful child abusers are a protected species
Posted by John, May 28th, 2015 - under Catholic church, Child abuse, Power, Powerlessness.
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Louise O’Shea in Red Flag writes that the powerful are protected no matter what they do. Child abuse, whether it be in religious institutions, orphanages, through forced poverty or in immigration detention centres, is acceptable so long as it is carried out by the powerful. Seen in this context, moral panics about protecting children have nothing to do with concern for children. They are rather a cynical pretext for attacks on people’s rights and the demonising of minorities.