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Saudi Arabia confirmed as 2034 World Cup football host by FIFA
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The FIFA Congress has announced Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 World Cup, with an online vote confirming the decision. The decision was made despite concerns raised by human rights groups regarding the country's human rights situation, which was rated as a "medium" risk.
We are bringing football to more countries and the number of teams has not diluted the quality. It actually enhanced the opportunity.
In a divided world, we have shown unity. You [the delegates] have shown we are all part of one global community.
Today is a historic day, a day of celebration.
Fifa should insist on minimum human rights compliance by Saudi Arabia, at least, to release jailed political opponents, stop torture in its prisons, uphold women's rights, permit free speech and association, guarantee workers' rights, and establish an independent judiciary. If these conditions are not fulfilled, Fifa should in accordance with its own policy change the host country.
The assessment process did not involve engagement with external stakeholder/ rightsholders. In taking account of published commentary, we have focused on observations by respected monitoring bodies responsible for interpretation and monitoring implementation of the Instruments.
At every stage of this bidding process, FIFA has shown its commitment to human rights to be a sham.
My fear is that the lesson they've learned from Qatar is that they can ride out the criticism. They can ride it out and prioritize the bigger political and financial goals that they've got.
Saudi Arabia is a pure police state, ruled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with no checks and balances.
You won't be able to hear real Saudi voices from inside the country because self-censorship has become the norm.
For us to see Saudi Arabia awarded a medium risk and that it got such a high score, we described it as an astonishing whitewash. Now we've got to keep working to push FIFA and to push Saudi Arabia on the ground. Otherwise, there will be real and massive human costs.
When it's a choice between a World Cup in Saudi Arabia, or its human rights policies, it's chosen a World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
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sources
- 1.Al Jazeera
- 2.CNN
- 3.The Guardian
- 4.CTV News
- 5.DW News
- 6.The Times
- 7.France 24
- 8.Le Monde
- 9.Guardian
- 10.Reuters
perspectives
countries
- 1.Argentina
- 2.Australia
- 3.Bangladesh
- 4.Switzerland
- 5.Spain
- 6.Indonesia
- 7.Italy
- 8.Kenya
- 9.Morocco
- 10.Norway
- 11.Nepal
- 12.Portugal
organizations
- 1.FIFA
- 2.Amnesty International
- 3.Public Investment Fund
- 4.AS&H Clifford Chance
- 5.Human Rights Watch
- 6.ALQST for Human Rights
- 7.English Premier League
- 8.LIV Golf Series
- 9.Newcastle United
- 10.Asian Football Confederation
- 11.ATP Tours
- 12.Combat Sports
persons
- 1.Gianni Infantino
- 2.Mohammed Bin Salman
- 3.Steve Cockburn
- 4.Cristiano Ronaldo
- 5.Karim Benzema
- 6.Lina Al-Hathloul
- 7.Khalid Salman
- 8.Michael Page
- 9.Neymar Da Silva Santos Júnior
- 10.Philippe Troussier
- 11.Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al-Faisal Al-Saud
- 12.Alex Morgan