Activists for human rights in France called on the football officials there, to draw attention to migrant workers' rights violations in Qatar a year before the FIFA World Cup.

Amnesty Intercontinental activists unveiled a giant banner on the French Football Federation building in central Paris on Wednesday.

“Thousands died in Qatar and the football federation didn't say a word,” it is stated on the banner.

Lola Schulmann, representative of Amnesty in Paris, she stated, that the group has repeatedly asked football officials to meet to discuss the issue of human rights violations against migrant workers, who worked in Qatar to build World Cup stadiums and other infrastructure for the tournament. which starts in November 2022.

“Unfortunately, we have no response from the federation,” Schulmann said.

Schulmann stated, that they are in Qatar 2 millions of migrant workers and "every day they witness violations of their rights". Added, that clear “is our message to the national federation, that we care about their rights".

Qatar has rejected criticism of its labor laws and practices, and World Cup organizers have repeatedly said, that they were unfairly controlled despite, that they revised their legislation.

In a report published last month, Amnesty said, that Qatar did not fulfill the promise, which gave the International Labor Organization in 2017, that it will end the abuse and exploitation of migrant workers. Workers across the country are still “left at the mercy of unscrupulous employers, who face wage theft and dangerous working conditions," the report states.

Workers are still prohibited from forming unions, to fight together for their rights, while justice eludes them and compensation for abuse is still scarce, which allows employers to exploit their workforce with impunity, Amnesty said in its latest report on the World Cup in the Gulf country.