The Fundación para la Democracia presents in Madrid the exhibition ‘The B side of the Soccer World Cup’, a photographic exhibition testifying to the survivors and relatives of the deceased workers who died in the construction of the infrastructures for the championship held in Qatar. The exhibition can be enjoyed for three weeks at El Espacio Jovellanos, located at Calle Jovellanos, 6.
Fundación para la Democracia, an institution of Argentine origin that works to defend human rights and strengthen democracy, estimates that the works could have caused the death of up to 16,000 immigrant workers between 2010 and 2020, within the framework of the preparation of the event. The investigation began in 2016, after several local human rights organizations began denouncing systematic abuses of workers posted to Qatar.
The Foundation traveled with a team to Nepal just a few months ago to meet with some of the survivors and the families of those who did not return. According to Guillermo Whpei, president of the Foundation, “the idea of ??this exhibition, which is traveling and will tour several Spanish cities, is to continue giving a voice to the families of the deceased and the survivors. There is still much to be done. There are many families who they got into debt to send their relatives to work in Qatar and now they have lost their relative and continue with a debt that they will never be able to pay. We must press for that financial amount to be condemned, either through Qatar or the companies that had them under contract. It’s the only way they have to move on.”
This Foundation has already received the support of Pope Francis for his denunciations of the exploitation of World Cup workers. It also has the first private museum for democracy in Argentina. They also hope to open the Foundation’s headquarters and museum in Madrid soon, as a bridge between the two cultures: America and Europe.
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