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- Global: FIFA must publish its review into compensation for workers harmed delivering the World Cup in QatarFIFA should immediately publish and act on a review it received five months ago assessing its human rights responsibilities towards workers harmed delivering the 2022 men’s World Cup in Qatar, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International understands that an independent review, which was announced at FIFA’s Congress early last year and had its findings approved by FIFA’s… Read more: Global: FIFA must publish its review into compensation for workers harmed delivering the World Cup in Qatar
- Global: FIFA sponsorship deal with Saudi Aramco covering World Cups raises human rights concernsReacting to FIFA’s four-year global partnership deal with Saudi Aramco, making the state-owned fossil fuel company a sponsor of the 2026 men’s World Cup as well as the Women’s World Cup in 2027, Amnesty International’s Head of Economic and Social Justice Steve Cockburn said: “There is a cruel irony that a Saudi Arabian state-owned company… Read more: Global: FIFA sponsorship deal with Saudi Aramco covering World Cups raises human rights concerns
- Saudi Arabia Hasn’t Earned Women’s Tennis ChampionshipsWomen’s tennis has advocated for women’s rights since before Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the “battle of the sexes” 50 years ago. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) was a prime mover behind Title IX, the U.S. law that gave millions of women and girls equal opportunities in sport and education. Despite this legacy,… Read more: Saudi Arabia Hasn’t Earned Women’s Tennis Championships
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