A Myanmar rights group is urging FIFA to reverse its decision to grant exclusive World Cup broadcast rights to a U.S.-sanctioned company linked to the country's military government that seized power of the five years ago.
The group, Justice For Myanmar, told The Associated Press on Friday it only learned this week that international soccer's governing body FIFA had granted the exclusive Myanmar broadcast rights to Mytel after the telecoms operator launched its local advertising campaign for the World Cup.
Mytel, one of Myanmar’s four telecom operators, is a joint venture between the Myanmar military and Vietnam’s military-controlled Viettel. Launched in 2018, it provides revenue to Myanmar’s military and has been a major target of the opponents of the military and the focus of a consumer boycott.
