Despite many questions regarding Qatar’s bid of hosting the World Cup including its human rights issues and unsafe working environment in 2021 for World Cup which claimed the lives of 6500 migrant workers, as per Guardian’s report, the nation was still successful to get the bid of hosting. According to the reports from Amnesty International, there are recorded cases of LGBTQ and women’s abuse. The Qatari Government also continued to curtail freedom of expression by implementing abusive laws to stifle voices. Catch some World Cup actions here!
The German Football legend and the 2014 World Cup Champion Phillip Lahm expressed his dismay to Qatar hosting the World Cup despite having issues of human rights violation and planning to boycott the said edition of World Cup. He believes and insists that human rights should be the top or major factor before giving the rights to a country to host the most prestigious tournament in the football world. After Qatar received the hosting right in 2010, there are a series of records of migrant workers’ deaths directly linked to the building of the stadium for the said World Cup. You may visit for Football predictions here!
‘I’m not part of the delegation and I’m not keen on flying there as a fan,’ the ex-Bayern Munich full-back told Kicker in his homeland. ‘I prefer to follow the tournament from home,’ he said in the German publication, Kicker.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino assured fans that “all are welcome” and urged LGBTQ+ football fans to attend and to watch the tournament live. This statement from FIFA president contradicts the investigations done by NRK and SVT in Sweden and DR in Demark – found out that some hotels from the host country did not allow some same sex couple to book a room for stay.
Another expression of disappointment and dismay by England Manager Gareth Southgate is that it is a “great shame” that some (Three Lions) supporters were not able to travel because of Qatar’s undeniable restriction against LGBTQ+ members.
The comments of Southgate triggered the Qatar 2022 chief executive Nasser Al Khater that he should “pick his words” carefully. This showcases that there is and will be an existing problem in Qatar when the tournament starts, especially for the fans who are also part of LGBTQ+ community, possibly endangering their safety and rights while in the country supporting their homeland.
There are reportedly 20 hotels advised the same sex couples to avoid public display of affection and to “don’t dress gay.”
Despite Qatar’s horrible Human rights background, the World Cup 2022 is still the most anticipated sports tournament this upcoming winter and could possibly generate million views daily, revenues, and will power the tourism sector of Qatar.
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