La exposición «Detrás de la pasión – El lado B de la Copa de Fútbol Qatar 2022» recoge por primera vez testimonios de los trabajadores sobrevivientes del último Mundial. Después de su presentación inaugural en España, la muestra se exhibe actualmente en el Museo para la Democracia, en Argentina, mientras se prepara para una gira itinerante. Esta invitación es para proponer la exhibición de la muestra en su/vuestro museo, ya que está disponible para ello.
This is a photographic exhibition carried out as part of the research and fieldwork of the trip to Nepal by the team of the Foundation for Democracy in November 2022, while the World Cup was taking place. The investigation began in 2016, after human rights organizations denounced the systematic abuses to which workers displaced to Qatar were subjected, a country that carried out a systematic violation of the human rights of migrant workers for more than a decade.
We consider it particularly relevant that, through actions such as this, the problem is made visible as part of the search for justice for victims exploited at the hands of the Qatari State and FIFA. It is estimated that more than 14,000 people lost their lives in this process.
Para más información, pueden descargar el informe completo desde la web de la Fundación para la Democracia.
Shanti Devi, from Phulgama village, Nagarain Municipality, Dhanusha District, Madhesh Province, Nepal.
She lost her husband in Qatar while working on the World Cup infrastructure. She has four children to look after, the eldest of whom has a severe disability.
“There is no work, no money, and we have a huge debt that we cannot pay. I cannot afford my eldest son’s treatment or my younger children’s education. I think about him every second, over and over again.”
Photo: Marina Sala
Devaki Devi Mukhiya, 26 años.
From Paterba village, Dhanusha district, Madhesh province, Nepal.
Her husband committed suicide in Qatar.
“After locking her room, she cooked and then hanged herself.”
She is sure she could not bear the harsh working conditions in Qatar.
Photo: Marina Sala
Bulai Sahni. His son, Ramkrishna Sahni, worked in Qatar for two separate periods. The second time he did not return. He had said he would return to Nepal in 10 days. When he spoke to his father on the phone and he told him about the family's financial difficulties in Nepal, his son made jokes and asked for patience, but the truth was that after paying for food and lodging, he had no money left to send home. And then he died, leaving behind a debt that could not be paid and a void that could not be filled.
His family never received the body.
Photo: Marina Sala
“My son was a diamond to me,” said the mother of Ramkrishna Sahni.
Photo: Marina Sala
Phuljhari Devi Saphi, Wife of Pheku Saphi From Mulabari, Dhanusha District, Madhesh Province, Nepal. Her husband went to work in Qatar, returned to Nepal and fell ill. She believes that the work he did in Qatar was the cause of his illness. They sold their land and used all their savings to pay for his treatment, but after two years, he died. The company did not pay for his medical expenses.
Photo: Marina Sala
Sunita Yadav, from Larkanha village, Siraha district, Madhesh province, Nepal. Her husband died in Qatar in 2021, after working there for 5 years. “I fear for my children’s future, for their education. I feel alone and lost.”
Photo: Marina Sala
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