Multiple cities across France boycott World Cup in Qatar

The FIFA Men’s World Cup, the most widely watched sporting event on the planet, begins November 20 in Qatar. France is the defending champ, but many French cities are refusing to broadcast the games on giant public screens.

Paris and other French cities like Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Lille and Marseille say they won’t promote the World Cup in public fan zones to protest Qatar’s human rights and climate violations.

The Qatar World Cup project has been mired in controversy ever since the desert nation’s host bid was confirmed back in 2010. The FIFA voting process that led to its selection was hit by allegations of corruption before the focus turned to Qatar itself and why it might be a problematic World Cup host.

Early on in the project, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch raised the alarm over the abuse of migrant workers who were building a “state-of-the-art stadium” for the 2022 tournament, including allegations of forced labour and cramped, insalubrious living conditions.

According to Amnesty, migrant workers account for more than half of Qatar’s population of 3 million and 90 percent of its total work force. Many of them, from impoverished South Asian nations like India, Nepal and the Philippines, arrived to work on the $220 billion World Cup infrastructure project. Despite Qatar being the fourth-richest country in the world, a migrant worker typically earns €1.30 per hour while working long hours and an average of six days a week.

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New Caledonia’s separatists call for boycott of December independence vote

New Caledonia’s Kanak secessionists have called for “non-participation” in a third and final referendum on independence, citing the impact of Covid-19 on voter turnout.

Kanak grieving rites call for lengthy community engagement. Of the hundreds of deaths in New Caledonia since 6 September, most have been members of the Indigenous community. Kanak customary authorities declared a 12-month mourning period from that date and called for a postponement of the vote to allow communities to grieve.

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Boycott the 2022 World Cup in Qatar – or not?

Pressure mounts for teams to boycott 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The first World Cup in the Arab world, will takes place from November 21 to December 18 2022.

There are plenty of criticisms of the World Cup in Qatar: for one thing, allegations of corruption overshadowed the choice of the emirate as the site for the tournament back in 2010. Ten years later, after a lengthy investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice presented evidence that, in its opinion, Qatar had indeed paid bribes. Doha said it had made “the best bid” and was not guilty of anything.

The same certainly can’t be said of their handling of human rights. There is no freedom of the press or of expression, male guardianship severely restricts women’s rights and homosexuality is forbidden. Many of the guest workers are also considered to have no rights. Coming from countries like India, Nepal or Bangladesh, they are building the new, glittering stadiums. Yet they live without dignity in unhygienic camps in the desert. “You don’t feel like you’re in the Third World, but in the Fourth or Fifth,” says Benjamin Best, a German sports journalist and Qatar expert who regularly travels to the country. “I know guest workers who have been waiting for their money for two years,” Best told DW.

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The boycott of the Qatar World Cup

Following in the footsteps of the Danish and Swedish football federations, the Norwegian FA (NFF) has become the third national football governing body to demand answers from FIFA over working conditions of migrant workers in Qatar, the host for the 2022 World Cup.

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#BoycottMulan

Is Disney co-signing a genocide ?

Calls for people to boycott the film gathered pace over its links to the western region of Xinjiang, where China’s clampdown on ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims has been criticised by some governments, including the United States, and human rights groups.

Several state organisations in Xinjiang appeared in the film’s credit.

“In the new #Mulan, @Disney thanks the public security bureau in Turpan, which has been involved in the internment camps in East Turkistan,” the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress tweeted.

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Mass boycott and police clashes as Algeria holds disputed election

Clashes as Algeria holds disputed elections

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