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Qatar is yet again in news for imposing an ‘autocratic rule book’ prescribed as standing instructions towards the forthcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup to be held in Doha. But Liverpool Club fans have already slammed Qatar for its dubious human rights record; and are questioning the whole act of prescribing …

Qatar has hired over hundreds of thousands of overseas workers for the 2022 FIFA world cup tournament with 7 new stadiums under construction and according to Amnesty, the workers are constantly being ill-treated ignoring their promises of bettering workers’ rights prior to the 2022 World Cup. A recent report by …

The web of FIFA 2015 corruption scandal, revolving the awarding of World Cup hosting bid to Russia for 2018 and Qatar for 2022, is only getting dense. The Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber, who has been looking into the corruption probe of football world’s governing body, forgot to report his …

Swiss federal prosecutors have filed fraud charges against three former German football leaders for a suspicious payment related to the 2006 World Cup organized by Germany, said the Swiss Attorney General’s office. The indictment alleges that Horst Schmidt, Theo Zwanziger and Wolfgang Niersbach, as well as former Swiss FIFA official …

As a complete irony of Qatar’s constant investments in developmental projects worldwide, its migrant workers are living in deplorable conditions. One such incident that has come into focus is the condition of migrant workers working round the clock towards the completion of stadiums in anticipation of the FIFA World Cup …

A wealthy state like Qatar, it is being reported, continues to exploit its working class and refuses to change its tactics, despite intervention for human rights organizations. Amnesty International has confirmed that most migrant workers are being paid a pittance to build stadiums ahead of the 2022 World Cup. The …

Qatar is hosting the next Football World Cup, to be held in 2022. With the big game drawing close Amnesty International urged theFederation International De Football (FIFA) to pay attention to the human rights violations, labour abuses and vulnerability of migrants working in the hospitality, construction and domestic care sector …

According to leaked files, Qatar secretly gave $400 million to FIFA only 3 weeks before the nation won the bid to host the 2022 World Cup.  As per those documents, it has been revealed that the executives from Al Jazeera had entered into a TV contract with FIFA in …

Qatar managed to win the bid for hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2022. However, that decision has proven to be a major issue for human rights organizations and with good reason. The decision itself was highly controversial. After all, Qatar had no infrastructure for sports at all. In other …