Why is the 2022 FIFA World Cup controversial? All you need to know about Qatar’s human rights violation history
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The FIFA World Cup is the biggest footballing competition in the world and is held in every 4 years. The prestigious competition holds a lot of cultural and social value for the countries that are participating in the World Cup.
Seeing your nation play in the biggest and most watched sporting platform on the planet is a feeling of immense joy. Every four years, football fans from around the world come together and watch a single tournament together from different time zones. This is the emotion that FIFA World Cup brings with itself.
With such a prestigious competition, comes an equally scandalous organization that has often come under the media limelight for its greedy decisions
Giving the 2022 FIFA World Cup to Qatar was considered one of the biggest money-making moves for the football organization FIFA considering the Human rights issues, cultural and political issues, and the tournament being held in the middle of the season.
Everything wrong with the 2022 FIFA World Cup
The Climate and time of the World Cup
The gulf country created numerous concerns regarding Qatar’s sustainability to host this grand tournament. There was a lot of criticism and negativity in the media for FIFA after they announced the venue of this year’s world cup, almost a decade ago.
Qatar’s climatic conditions don’t allow the tournament to be held in the summer when the World Cup is generally held. This is why the 2022 FIFA World has to be played in the month of November and December. This shifts the prestigious tournament to the middle of the season.
This is the reason why prolific players like Paul Pogba, and Marco Reus are unavailable for their country. Many athletes have protested against this world cup and FIFA organization, claiming that they have stopped caring about the players.
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Human Rights issues raised against the 2022 FIFA World Cup
The Kafala system, issued by Qatar for their migrant workers was seemingly too harsh for the hardworking personnel. According to their contracts, migrant workers can not change jobs or leave Qatar without the sponsor’s permission.
The poor migrant workers had their passports seized by their employers and were facing poor living conditions. They were also denied regular timely salaries and faced all sorts of abuse and exploitation, according to The Guardian‘s report.
Activists and media organizations have been protesting against FIFA’s regimes for over a decade. FIFA has always claimed that Qatar has been abiding by the regulations and policies provided by the organization, but these human rights issues have still often come up as in the previous years, contracting FIFA’s stance.
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