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New report details labor rights abuses at Dubai’s Expo 2020

FILE - The Al Wasl Dome and the Water Feature glow at sunset at Expo 2020, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 3, 2021. The legions of workers who built Dubai's extravagant Expo 2020 site and keep it running face exploitation, grim conditions and a wide range of labor abuses, according to a new report by London-based rights consultancy Equidem released on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File) FILE - A worker talks on the phone by an installation honoring the foreign laborers who built Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 3, 2021. The legions of workers who built Dubai's extravagant Expo 2020 site and keep it running face exploitation, grim conditions and a wide range of labor abuses, according to a new report by London-based rights consultancy Equidem released on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File) FILE - Workers take a break near the Hungary pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 3, 2021. The legions of workers who built Dubai's extravagant Expo 2020 site and keep it running face exploitation, grim conditions and a wide range of labor abuses, according to a new report by London-based rights consultancy Equidem released on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File) FILE - Workers clean an area at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 3, 2021. The legions of workers who built Dubai's extravagant Expo 2020 site and keep it running face exploitation, grim conditions and a wide range of labor abuses, according to a new report by London-based rights consultancy Equidem released on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)