Survivor stories

Malcolm Bidali exposes Qatar's contempt for migrant workers' rights

Malcolm Bidali migrated to work in Qatar as a security guard where he began blogging about migrant workers’ poor conditions in the country. As a result, Bidali was detained by authorities and held in solitary confinement. Despite recent labor reforms to abolish the kafala system in Qatar, Bidali’s experiences demonstrate the reality of how workers

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