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A German world champion will not go to Qatar because human rights are not respected

A German world champion will not go to Qatar because human rights are not respected

Former soccer player Philipp Lahmcaptain of the 2014 world champion German team, He announced that he will not attend the Qatar 2022 tournament because he considers that “human rights are not respected” in that country.

Lahm, current director of Euro 2024 to be held in his country, considered that respect for human rights “should have an important role in adjudicating the tournaments”from the governing bodies of football. “If a country that does poorly in this area wins the award, then you have to think about what criteria the decision was based on”stressed the former defender in an interview with the magazine Kickers.

“I prefer to watch the World Cup from home. I will not attend as a member of the German delegation or as a fan“, he sentenced with the conviction of establishing a position in the controversy surrounding the first World Cup in the Middle East. “Today you can no longer turn your back on these issues”said Lahm, who denied having “ambitions” to run for the position of president of the German Football Federation (DFB) in the future.

The main questions about the Qatar 2022 World Cup are related to the position of the emirate in relation to labor exploitation and the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and women.

In February 2021, Amnesty International alleged that 6,500 migrant workers had been killed in construction in Qatar. since the country got its right to host the World Cup. Those immigrants, for the most part, came from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

in Qatar, same-sex relations are illegal and can carry a punishment of several years in prison if caught. In that sense, Nasser al-Khater, the executive director of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, said that “public displays of affection are frowned upon, they are not part of our culture, but it affects everyone.”

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