Qatar's using the World Cup to build soft power for itself in the region and in the world. That means that FIFA had a lot of leverage with its partner. And Human Rights Watch has been pressuring ...

He added that “people cannot accept a small country in the Middle East has won the bid to host the World Cup”. Human rights issues have not only been limited to Qatar. Since the death of Mahsa ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Qatar next week to attend the World Cup as it kicks off in Doha while also launching a bilateral dialogue with Qatari officials. Blinken is the ...

As this World ... human rights charity Equidem, "because the roads have changed. Everything has so rapidly changed." For the last dozen years, Qadri has spent considerable amounts of time in Qatar ...

Mark L. Goldberg [00:01:37] Between the Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the Olympics in Beijing, China, and now the World Cup in Qatar, it is clear that human rights are not a top concern by major ...

“It is an extreme human rights abuse. It’s just ... Fans in the LGBTQ+ community have been protesting the Qatar World Cup because of the nation’s laws which discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community.

With just under four weeks to go until the 2022 Men's FIFA World Cup begins, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused host nation Qatar of arbitrarily arresting and abusing LGBTQ people, despite calls ...

Calls for fans and countries to boycott the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar are growing and showing up in soccer stadiums across Europe amid concerns about human rights abuses in the Muslim nation.

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) should take immediate and demonstrable steps to safeguard human ...

Why would a tiny desert nation with no football tradition and extreme summer heat spend over $200 billion to host the FIFA World Cup? The answer goes far beyond sports. In this video, we explore the ...

GENEVA (AP) — Qatar was praised at the United Nations’ top human rights body on Tuesday for improving labor laws before the 2022 World Cup, though it was urged to fully abolish its employment ...

One year to go until the largest-ever sporting event across the USA, Canada and MexicoUrgent human rights risks in 2026 host countries - particularly in the USA - are impacting immigrants, the right ...