NEOM, the striplike desert city in northwest Saudi Arabia, is just one part of the kingdom's massive plan to build out a more tourist- and business-friendly region near Egypt and Israel. Locals have been violently evicted from traditional lands, and workers are faring even worse, according to a new documentary. At least 21,000 of them are so far dead.
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.
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 constructionThe ITV documentary came not long after another damning report by Wall Street Journalfrom last September. In that report, senior executives behind NEOM wereaccused of corruption, racism, Islamophobia, and misogyny.
Western contractors and consultants are swarming around the trough and it's all being managed by the most psychopathic managerials we have to offer the developing world.
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." Borg also said South Asian laborers working on NEOM were "fucking morons" so "that is why white people are at the top of the pecking order." He also said Gulf women were "tranvestites."
