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There have been several criticisms and controversies of perceived human rights violations related to the organisation and hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[1][2][3] There have long been concerns for the state of human rights in Qatar, with the state accused of sportswashing in hosting the World Cup.[1][2][3][4]
A large concern in Qatar's hosting of the World Cup was the conditions of migrant workers brought in to build the required infrastructure, including indentured servitude and extreme working conditions leading to numerous deaths under the Kafala system.[1][2][3][4][5] The state of women's rights in Qatar and a British tourism executive hired to promote the country dying under suspicious circumstances have also been sources of controversy.[1][2][3]
In a December 2021 interview with Al Jazeera, FIFA's secretary-general Fatma Samoura said that FIFA had developed a general framework to structure and guide the implementation of its human rights responsibilities and commitment, published in 2017,[6] and that Qatar had implemented those recommendations.[7]
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