[News] Zachary Cox died working on Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar

TomandJerry · Nov 10, 2017

A construction worker fell to his death working on a football stadium set to host the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Zachary Cox, 40, from Hove, was working at height on a suspended catwalk platform at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha.

A hoist failed and the platform dropped from beneath him. Mr Cox’s safety harness broke during the fall, causing him to plunge to his death.

An inquest was opened into his death in Brighton yesterday but had to be adjourned. However, senior coroner*Veronica Hamilton-Deeley*slammed the Qatari authorities for their lack of cooperation in giving her access to information to determine how he died."

Blood on their hands..

MattBackHome · Nov 10, 2017

https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/27/qatar-take-urgent-action-protect-construction-workers

"Authorities also should investigate the causes of migrant worker deaths, regularly make public data on such deaths, and use the information to devise appropriate public health policies, Human Rights Watch said. In 2013, health authorities reported 520 such deaths of workers from Bangladesh, India, and Nepal in 2012, of whom 385, or 74 percent, died from unexplained causes. Qatari public health officials have not responded to requests for information about the overall number and causes of deaths of migrant workers since 2012."

scum.

Thecoffeecake · Nov 10, 2017

This whole bid is disgusting. You can say what you want about the money in club soccer, but the international game is ****ed now, too. I'd rather sink my money into the huge premium I pay on shipping buying Brighton merchandise than continue to support the corruption and lack of accountability to anything but the bottom line. People have died over a corrupt World Cup bid, and FIFA doesn't care enough to hold the host country to basic safety standards in relation to the event.

Sorry for your community's loss.

Hotchilidog · Nov 10, 2017

The Qatar World Cup should be be boycotted by all. It is a disgrace. Not just the blatant corruption, but what also amounts to indentured slavery to make it happen.

nicko31 · Nov 10, 2017

Hotchilidog said:
The Qatar World Cup should be be boycotted by all. It is a disgrace. Not just the blatant corruption, but what also amounts to indentured slavery to make it happen.

We won't though, but we should

crookie · Nov 10, 2017

If there was one thing to lay bare the utter moral bankruptcy of World Football, the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar is it

Doc Lynam · Nov 10, 2017

Fifa has to be the most morally repugnant sports organisation in the world!

goldstone · Nov 10, 2017

crookie said:
If there was one thing to lay bare the utter moral bankruptcy of World Football, the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar is it

Spot on. For the Qataris (and most of the rest of the Middle East) bribery is a way of life and the thought that the bid was not tainted by back-handers is just not believable. I would support a move for England to boycott the tournament.

brakespear · Nov 10, 2017

we should not take part. I certainly wont be watching it.

LA1972 · Nov 10, 2017

More people will die building those stadiums than died on the beaches on D-day...blood on their hands indeed. Disgusting

crookie · Nov 10, 2017

LA1972 said:
More people will die building those stadiums than died on the beaches on D-day...blood on their hands indeed. Disgusting

And the FIFA Bigwigs won't bat an eyelid as they glide to the opening ceremony in their blacked out Limo's. As you say, DISGUSTING

Harry Wilson's tackle · Nov 10, 2017

goldstone said:
Spot on. For the Qataris (and most of the rest of the Middle East) bribery is a way of life and the thought that the bid was not tainted by back-handers is just not believable. I would support a move for England to boycott the tournament.

Not just the middle East. The masters of the art are Switzerland (bankers in every sense). I can't understand how anything agreed under Blatter should be allowed to stand. The way it works is banana republics and Islamic or communist dictatorships steal state money to bribe FIFA officials (some of whom are one and the same), then use virtual slave labour to build vanity project stadia to decorate a TV money fiesta that justifies the exercise. I hav said it before and will say it again. The civilised world that uses the rule of law and democracy, and has a proper domestic football infrastructure, should stick two fingers up to FIFA and form its own federation, and the third world and other aspiring football nations can queue up to join, with stringent rules. How can we hold a WC somwhere where women can't vote, and a stone age load of old bollocks is used to govern the laws? I have nothing against Islam or Christianity as a private and personal load of old bollocks, but as a code for running a nation, **** off. And **** off to the idea of handing over a world cup to such corrupt and deluded ********s.

That said, I will watch England vs Germany this evening. Albeit largely in the hope the ludicrous decision of the soppy manager to pick people he's been hot housing rather than selecting Lewis Dunk will blow up in his face with the Germans spanking our central 'defence' (McGuire - do me a flavour). Southgate, the shitter.

Eeyore · Nov 10, 2017

MattBackHome said:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/27/qatar-take-urgent-action-protect-construction-workers

"Authorities also should investigate the causes of migrant worker deaths, regularly make public data on such deaths, and use the information to devise appropriate public health policies, Human Rights Watch said. In 2013, health authorities reported 520 such deaths of workers from Bangladesh, India, and Nepal in 2012, of whom 385, or 74 percent, died from unexplained causes. Qatari public health officials have not responded to requests for information about the overall number and causes of deaths of migrant workers since 2012."

scum.

520 ?

Bloody hell.

Not Andy Naylor · Nov 10, 2017

All the major nations should boycott Qatar, organise their own World Cup in summer in the USA (who came second in the voting) and use it as the basis for a new alternative to the corruption of Fifa.

LA1972 · Nov 10, 2017

Brighton Lines said:
520 ?

Bloody hell.

I did read somewhere that they expected 5000 deaths before the competition kicks off. FIVE THOUSAND!! Unbelievable

Spanish Seagulls · Nov 11, 2017

goldstone said:
Spot on. For the Qataris (and most of the rest of the Middle East) bribery is a way of life and the thought that the bid was not tainted by back-handers is just not believable. I would support a move for England to boycott the tournament.

England will not boycott The Qatari WC due to the fact that somewhere along the line British businesses will have their fingers in the pies! 5000 deaths, many wars have been started for less.

Pevenseagull · Nov 11, 2017

Official number of deaths in the constriction of the Empire State building 1929-1931?

5

Pevenseagull · Nov 11, 2017

Duplicate

jonnyrovers · Nov 11, 2017

How many righteous posters on here have been to, or would go to Dubai for a luxury break/stop over? Thousands and thousands of migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Indonesia and beyond were lured into slave labour, had their passports confiscated, worked in horrendous conditions so the world could have its playground. The mass deaths and human rights violations went unreported to global organisations, and were barely reported in the media. The businesses and officials on the make in Dubai, Qatar, and similar states are scum.

I feel for the family & friends of the local man that sadly lost his life, but this loss is a drop in the ocean of tears shed by those who had no choice.

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