FIFA has been urged not to give Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup hosting rights next week without binding commitments to protect migrant labor working on massive projects in the kingdom. Human Rights Watch details alleged abuses after speaking to more than 150 current and former workers, and families of some who died in Saudi Arabia.
FILE - A general views shows the King Abdullah sports city stadium, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia , Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, on the eve of the Spanish Super Cup Final soccer match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. FILE - Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino, stand for the anthem prior to the match between Russia and Saudi Arabia which opened the 2018 soccer World Cup at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, on June 14, 2018.
Saudi Arabia is the only candidate to host the 2034 tournament at an online meeting of FIFA’s 211 member federations next Wednesday.Guehi to face no action after again defying rules by writing religious message on rainbow armband Eight stadiums must be built from scratch including a 92,000-seat arena in Riyadh set to host the opening game and final. Three are currently being built for the 2027 Asian Cup. The other four will be upgraded or renovated.
The report cited Bangladeshi government figures that 498,000 of its residents traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2023 to work. It said 887 Bangladeshis died in Saudi Arabia between January and July this year, and 80 percent were attributed to “natural causes.”
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