Why World Cup Qatar 2022 is deeply problematic


Kenneth Cheng Chee Kin

The German team call attention to human rights abuse in Qatar before a World Cup 2022 qualifying match with Iceland, in Duisburg, Germany, on March 25, 2021. – EPA pic, April 4, 2021.

ON March 26, the national football teams of Norway and Germany protested against 2022 World Cup host Qatar.

At the opening of their qualifying matches with Gibraltar and Turkey, the 11 players of Norway wore shirts bearing the message “Human rights on and off the pitch’. The players of Germany lined up in shirts that spelled out “Human rights” before their clash with Iceland.


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