Good Point but wrong place posted in. On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Yadav Prasad Bhattarai < [email protected]> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Emma Ruby-Sachs - Avaaz <[email protected]> > Date: 24 February 2015 at 06:45 > Subject: Nepalis trapped and dying in Qatar > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > Dear friends, > > <https://secure.avaaz.org/en/bloodiest_world_cup_nepal/?bMhAAfb&v=54225> > > *Thousands of labourers from South Asia are trapped in Qatar in horrific > conditions**, and barred from escaping home by abusive bosses*. An > American company could help free them and we can make the CEO act by > bringing the slave horror right to her hometown. *Join the call:* > > [image: SIGN THE PETITION] > <https://secure.avaaz.org/en/bloodiest_world_cup_nepal/?bMhAAfb&v=54225> > Forced to work under the desert’s scorching sun, denied food, drinking > water, and barred from escaping home, *thousands of South Asian men in > Qatar are modern day slaves. And we can help free them.* > > *Last year, one person died every other day* building a billion dollar > mega-project for Qatar's 2022 World Cup. A major part of the project is > managed by an American company with a CEO who lives in a quiet part of > Colorado. If more than 1 million of us stand together for freedom, *we > can confront her with our voices every time she leaves her house* to go > to work or to ski, until she takes action. > > This same tactic pushed Hilton Hotels to protect women against sex > trafficking in days -- *join the urgent call to help** free Qatar's > modern slaves:* > > https://secure.avaaz.org/en/bloodiest_world_cup_nepal/?bMhAAfb&v=54225 > > Qatar’s "guest worker" program is at the root of the problem. Right now, > there are more than one million migrant workers in Qatar -- more than in > any other country in the world. Workers from across South Asia are lured > with promises of good jobs, but when they arrive their *employers > confiscate their passports and force them to work long hours in 50 degree > heat with no chance of escape.* > > The US company, CH2M Hill, say the local contractors and government laws > are to blame, but *CH2M Hill is the public face of World Cup > construction. Their CEO can and must take a lead role in ensuring we don’t > see seven more years of worker deaths*. She could even threaten to take > their business elsewhere unless this system is changed. > > *CH2M Hill has a responsibility to help stop this modern day slavery*. Our > community’s call now could persuade CH2M Hill to speak out and then lead > other companies to weigh in until every single worker has the freedom to > return home. *Click below to join the call -- when we reach 1 million, > our voices will be delivered directly to CH2M Hill CEO Jacqueline Hinman* > again, > and again and again: > > https://secure.avaaz.org/en/bloodiest_world_cup_nepal/?bMhAAfb&v=54225 > > One big global outcry at the right time can save thousands of lives. When > a Bahrain construction company held 100 Indian labourers captive, our > community targeted the company’s Scottish partner and forced them to > release the workers in days. Let's do it again. > > With hope, > > Emma, Nell, Mais, Ricken, Alice and the whole Avaaz team > > Sources: > > FIFA World Cup: A Nepal worker died every two days in Qatar (The Hindu) > > http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/fifa-world-cup-a-nepal-worker-died-every-two-days-i... > <http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/fifa-world-cup-a-nepal-worker-died-every-two-days-in-qatar/article6721814.ece> > > Death toll among Qatar’s 2022 World Cup workers revealed (The Guardian) > > http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/23/qatar-nepal-workers-world-cup-2022-death-toll-doha > > Building a Better World Cup (Human Rights Watch) > http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/qatar0612webwcover_0.pdf > > At a Qatar Project Overseen by Americans, Workers Die Almost Daily > (Bloomberg) > > http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-09-26/at-a-qatar-project-overseen-by-americans-workers-die-almost-daily > > Qatar accused of dragging its feet over treatment of migrant workers > > http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/12/qatar-accused-dragging-feet-migrant-workers-world-cup-amnesty > > Qatar risks losing World Cup without job reform (Reuters) > > http://sports.yahoo.com/news/qatar-risks-losing-world-cup-without-job-reform-124324042--sow.html > > -- > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "FOSS Nepal" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Regards ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>¸. ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> Mr. Sagar Kshetri (ASK?) 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