Rights groups blast UK minister for securing Qatar contracts but keeping mum on human rights

‘A British minister has received harsh criticism from human rights groups for his 2022 World Cup-related trip to Qatar to secure contracts, during which he failed to raise the issue of gross human rights abuses tarnishing the nation’s reputation.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch were particularly vocal about Greg Hands’ congratulatory article, which is full of praise for Qatar’s “ambitious sporting vision.”
Hands, the UK minister of state for trade & investment, talked of fruitful and mutually-strategic partnerships with the Gulf state, which is currently in the midst of a probe over its treatment of migrant workers – along with FIFA, for complicity.The football body is also being pursued by a Swiss court in connection with the mistreatment of stadium workers.’
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