Saudi Arabia officially announced as the 2034 World Cup host. Human rights groups warn of 'unimaginable human cost'

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Source: CNN

Global soccer governing body FIFA has officially announced the hosts for the next two men’s World Cups. However, the outcome was no surprise.

That’s because there was only one bid each for both the 2030 and 2034 tournaments – Spain, Portugal and Morocco have been named joint hosts of the World Cup in six years’ time, whereas Saudi Arabia has been awarded the 2034 edition.

While both bids have come under scrutiny during the bidding process, it’s the latter which has caused the most controversy.

Michael Page, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), recently warned of an “unimaginable human cost” to hosting arguably the world’s biggest sporting event in Saudi Arabia.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/sport/saudi-arabia-2034-world-cup-fifa-bid-spt-intl/index.html?Date=20241211&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1733932832&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawHGrB1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUc8CMUHK72KzaXTY7UL2r5ZqSSGc0l9W1O4tgHqd7lPNsyeRhhTZfZZ4Q_aem_F7aujQCMBUNqvzsTe_zUJw

[cloudbase]

1. FIFA, like F1 and the IOC,

is corrupt to its core.

[maxsolomon]

2. They lack any ethics.

They will consort with any regime as long as they pay handsomely.

[C0RI0LANUS]

3. Sad that cash-strapped EU/NATO countries have to rely on Muhammad Bin Salman and Saudi contracts.

Gee, I wonder how Saudi Arabia got the 2034 World Cup edition....



French President Emmanuel Macron finished making deals with MBS last week before seeing Trumpf at Notre Dame.


UK PM Sir Keir Sharmer visits Riyadh next week to kiss the homicidal maniac's ring to schnorr for geld.







Source:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/07/starmer-to-meet-saudi-crown-prince-in-push-for-infrastructure-cash

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4. According to Amnesty International, 15,021 non-Qatari's died prior to the 2022 World Cup

I expect similar numbers to happen for this fiasco.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde22/4614/2021/en/

On edit: I'm sure some of them had nothing to do with the WC construction, but the reality of the human rights abuses of workers could not be denied.