World Cup Watchdogs Go Missing in Qatar

Disappeared

Two Nepalese men researching potential abuses against migrant workers in the Gulf state have disappeared, and fears are growing that the government may be involved.

Published Sep. 5 2014 5:45AM EDT

articles/2014/09/05/human-rights-workers-go-missing-in-qatar/140905-Strochlic-slave-labor-investigators-tease_zvgl87 — AP

For the past five days there has been nary a word from two British human-rights researchers who went to Qatar with the intention of investigating human slavery and have since disappeared.

On Sunday, friends of Krishna Upadhyaya and Ghimire Gundev received a series of anxious text messages.

Nina Strochlic

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World Cup Watchdogs Go Missing in Qatar

Two Nepalese men researching potential abuses against migrant workers in the Gulf state have disappeared, and fears are growing that the government may be involved.

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Nina Strochlic