Saudi Arabia: ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A construction worker passes an advertisement for the King Salman Park gardens and canals development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 14, 2021. © 2021 Tasneem Alsultan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are facing widespread abuses, some of which may amount to situations of forced labor, across employment sectors and geographic regions, including at high profile giga-projects funded by or linked to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.FIFA, the international football organization, is set to confirm Saudi Arabia as host of the 2034…

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