Amnesty International wants to play a dirty trick on Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International wants to change FIFA’s plans. Saudi Arabia is scheduled to be the host country of the 2034 World Cup, but the Kingdom’s guarantees in terms of respect for human rights have several NGOs fearing the worst. Notably to Amnesty International which expressed in a joint press release with Sport & Rights Alliance, a desire to see FIFA review the Gulf country’s candidacy.

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“Awarding the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia without credible guarantees of reforms will have a real and predictable human cost. Fans will be discriminated against, residents will be forcibly evicted, migrant workers will be exploited and many will die. FIFA must halt the process until adequate human rights protections are in place.”declared Steve Cockburn, director of the “labor rights and sport” program at Amnesty International, who does not want to relive the humanitarian scandal caused by the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.