Much of the news you have been getting is promoted by the enemies of Qatar which include UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, and all of their allies including Israel and the US.
More accurately, people did die and they made changes to work force labor Practices. In their parliament, they noted that despite acknowledging some of the criticisms were valid and having made corresponding changes, they still faced even more severe criticisms, of which some were incredible exaggerations bordering in lies. And realized that this was a targeted media attack motivated by their enemies.