Infantino’s call to ‘focus on the football’ a crass abdication of FIFA’s...
In less than a week’s time, FIFA President Gianni Infantino will take his seat for the opening game of the 2022 World Cup, when hosts Qatar face Ecuador. at the state-of-the-art Al Bayt stadium in...
View ArticleQatar: Time fast running out for Infantino to break his silence on migrant...
With less than a week to go to until the 2022 Qatar World Cup, FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino are fast running out of time to commit to compensating migrant workers for abuses suffered during...
View ArticleQatar: Six things you need to know about the hosts of the 2022 FIFA World Cup
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicking off in Qatar on 20 November, the Gulf state will be under the global spotlight. Since FIFA awarded the tournament to Qatar in 2010, the dire situation for migrant...
View ArticleQatar: Amnesty responds to Gianni Infantino’s latest comments
Responding to Gianni Infantino’s recent comments, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social Justice said: “In brushing aside legitimate human rights criticisms, Gianni...
View ArticleQatar: FIFA fails to uphold importance of human rights and equality as...
Responding to FIFA’s threats to sanction players who planned to wear ‘One Love’ armbands to show support for the LGBTI community, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social...
View ArticleQatar: Ongoing debate over migrant worker deaths exposes need for truth and...
Responding to comments made by the Secretary General of the Qatar World Cup Supreme Committee, Hassan Al Thawadi, about migrant worker deaths during an interview with Piers Morgan, and a subsequent...
View ArticleFIFA misleading world on remedy for migrant workers
FIFA is still failing to fulfil its human rights responsibilities by refusing to commit to compensate migrant workers and their families for abuses while preparing and delivering the World Cup 2022...
View ArticleQatar: Nepali civil society groups denounce FIFA’s continued dismissal of...
More than three dozen Nepali civil society organizations have today published an open letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino calling on him to “stop looking the other way” while migrant workers are...
View ArticleFIFA receives open letter backed by a million signatures demanding justice...
FIFA has been handed a letter supported by over one million petition signatures — and custom-designed football shirts — demanding that it provide compensation to migrant workers who suffered horrific...
View ArticleGlobal: FIFA review of Qatar World Cup abuse claims must not delay...
Responding to a pledge made by FIFA at the organization’s annual congress today in Kigali, where it agreed to hold a review into whether existing remedies for the abuses suffered by thousands of...
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Qatar: Hundreds of migrant workers employed as security guards at FIFA World...
Hundreds of migrant workers hired as security guards for last year’s World Cup are still being denied justice for the abuses they suffered despite FIFA and the hosts Qatar being warned that they were...
View ArticleGlobal: Human rights should be essential to FIFA’s choice of World Cup 2030...
A global coalition of human rights groups, trade unions, players and fans is urging FIFA to ensure that human rights are a primary consideration in choosing which countries can host the 2030 men’s...
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