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An own goal: FIFA World Cup and human rights

The rumblings of discontent from Righteous Europe over Qatar's admittedly appalling human rights record can only be viewed as deeply disingenuous and phoney

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Kanika Datta
FIFA officials were unambiguously involved in all kinds of shenanigans so that Qatar won the rights to the 2022 World Cup Football. But the outrage over the questionable award of hosting rights to the West Asian dictatorship subsided well before the ground was broken for the first new stadiums in the kingdom. Ignoring protests from club managers, FIFA even altered the busy European footballing calendar from the traditional June/July to a November/ December scheduling to accommodate the host nation.

Now, with a month to go before the tournament begins, the rumblings of discontent from Righteous Europe over Qatar’s admittedly appalling human
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