…Hundreds of migrant workers employed in Saudi Arabia by the manufacturing and supply company Sendan International did not receive their salaries for up to eight months, Human Rights Watch said today. They include workers employed in state-owned oil company Aramco project sites.

…These abuses have occurred as Saudi Arabia is undergoing a massive construction boom, including building 11 new and refurbished stadiums ahead of FIFA’s 2034 World Cup…

Between June and August 2025, Human Rights Watch spoke with 14 migrant worker employees of Sendan International from migrant origin countries Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. At least eight had worked on Aramco project sites. Workers said they had stopped working in March after being unpaid for up to eight months…at least 850 workers claim they did not receive their wages for months. The actual figure could be even higher…

…Sendan International did not respond to a Human Rights Watch letter requesting confirmation…Aramco, too, did not respond to a request for comment…

…Al-Etihad Cooperative Insurance Company…has started collecting information for the unpaid workers, though many impacted workers have not filed claims, or have not heard back if they did. Human Rights Watch has not been able to determine whether any workers have been compensated, and Al-Etihad did not respond to questions about the compensation process…