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A new documentary, Kingdom Uncovered: Inside Saudi Arabia, has revealed the total amount of worker deaths related to Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Vision 2030, a multitrillion dollar program which includes NEOM and the Line.

According to the exposé by ITV, more than 21,000 Indian, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese workers have died in Saudi Arabia since 2017 working on various aspects of Saudi Vision 2030. And according to The Hindustan Times, reports show that more than 100,000 people have “disappeared”during NEOM’s construction.

Workers also say that, under current working conditions, they are “trapped slaves” and “beggars.” There’s also been reports of wage theft, illegal working hours, and human rights abuses. More than 20,000 Indigenous people were also forcefully removed from the region to make way for NEOM.

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[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

21,000+ dead and 100,000+ missing sounds like a war is happening in Saudi Arabia. Those are shocking numbers.

[-] Caitlyynn 14 points 6 months ago

Wait they are actually building this thing? I though it was just another fever dream

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 months ago

It's becoming difficult to tell the difference.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 months ago

And the US is completely ok with this. smh

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 24 points 6 months ago

This is actually happening in a completely different sovereign nation called Saudi Arabia.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 months ago

Yes, which has multi-billion dollar deals with US defense contractors. This should not be ok. But the US loves money more than humanity.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 14 points 6 months ago

Oh the old “US should be world police” argument.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 months ago

Where's that coming from? I'm just saying the US shouldn't do business with a country that enslaves, tortures and murders people on the regular.

[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago

There's idealistic foreign policy, and there's pragmatic foreign policy

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

i agree but it would be tough for the US to not do business inside their own country.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago
[-] oozynozh@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

It seems pretty obvious to me that they're suggesting BDS and not a military invasion.

[-] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

He who controls the oil, controls [a huge portion of] the world['s economies]. SMH, too.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

Yep, exactly

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 7 points 6 months ago

One of those Australian executives, Wayne Borg, was accused of making several racist comments about laborers. After three workers died from a falling pipe, a wall collapse, and the mishandling of explosives, Borg said over obtained audio: “A whole bunch of people die so we’ve got to have a meeting on a Sunday night.”

That last quote sounds like something a Borg would say. Resistance is futile.

Although I do find the idea of arcologies intriguing, building one on death, slavery, and other human rights abuses really taints it.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago

It's OK everyone. They were poor and brown.

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Lemme guess: most of them are not Saudi nationals?

[-] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Closer to none than some, I would assume.

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