On Tuesday, the Humans Rights Watch, an American-founded international organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, published a scathing 34-page report finding deaths and alleging widespread exploitation and labor abuse of construction workers working on stadiums for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The report condemned FIFA in the process, while also saying representatives from HRW visited seven World Cup stadium sites in 2016 and 2017, documenting "the exploitation of construction workers." The report alleges non-payment of wages, months delays in payment of wages, workers working outdoors in "dangerously cold temperatures well below freezing," failure to provide work contracts and other documentation for legal employment and more.