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FIFA gets formal complaint of human rights oversight failure with 2034 World Cup host Saudi Arabia

A group of international lawyers has filed a formal complaint to FIFA claiming the soccer body is failing to uphold its human rights policy with 2034 World Cup host Saudi Arabia.

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Fifa in breach of own human rights rule by holding World Cup in Saudi Arabia, say lawyers

Fifa are failing to follow their own human rights rules by holding the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, a group of leading lawyers have alleged. The group, which includes Fifa’s former anti-corruption adviser Mark Pieth, have filed a 30-page complaint via Fifa’s official grievance portal and called for action in five key areas.

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Watchdog warns of ‘gruesome’ migrant worker deaths in World Cup host Saudi Arabia

Human Rights Watch says scores of laborers dying as they build stadiums for 2034 soccer championship, including by 'falling from buildings, electrocution, and even decapitation'

Visiting NEOM, the new Saudi superclub built to rule all others before the 2034 World Cup

There are many projects in Saudi Arabia, most of them ambitious, and many of them designed to disrupt the status quo. One ...

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Calls to Boycott 2026 World Cup Surge After Trump-FIFA Scandal

FIFA President Gianni Infantino skipped his own congress to meet with Donald Trump in Qatar and Saudi Arabia - sparking a ...

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Cristiano Ronaldo Could Switch Clubs—Without Leaving Saudi Arabia

With his contract expiring in June 2025, Cristiano Ronaldo has yet to commit to an extension at Al-Nassr—and the transfer ...

Decapitations, death plunges & electrocutions… how Saudi’s World Cup with 11 new stadiums ‘is being built on blood’

CONSTRUCTION workers building Saudi Arabia’s 11 new stadiums for the World Cup have been dying heinous deaths – from decapitations to death plunges. Human rights groups have warned of ...

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2034 FIFA World Cup faces labour scrutiny

Human Rights Watch pointed out this week that serious abuses are being committed in the large-scale construction works in ...

The 2034 FIFA World Cup Hasn’t Even Begun, But the Deaths Have

At least 48 migrant workers from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and beyond have died during construction for the Saudi hosted ...

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Trump and FIFA’s Infantino bond in Mideast ahead of 2026 World Cup

Both men have much at stake as the World Cup heads to North America next year, with the potential for President Donald ...

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Report: United States could partner with New Zealand, Fiji to co-host 2038 World Cup

A fter the 2026 World Cup and (likely) the 2031 Women’s World Cup leaves the United States, we may not have to wait long for ...

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