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Revealed: Myanmar junta ‘crony’ given key role behind Fifa peace prize

Inaugural prize expected to be handed to Donald Trump but ‘process’ for choosing future winners to be proposed by controversial tycoon’s committee

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025

Research reveals racist chants on rise in Israeli football – with Maccabi Tel Aviv the worst offenders

Kick It Out Israel found 367 instances in the 2024-25 season – of those, 118 were observed in stands containing Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025

He spent three horrific years in a Doha jail, now Abdullah Ibhais wants justice from Qatar and Fifa

EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: Described as the Qatar whistleblower for his revelations about the build-up to the 2022 World Cup, Abdullah Ibhais tells Miguel Delaney he was physically assaulted, kept in complete darkness and denied sleep for 96 hours in freezing temperatures after what he says was a malicious prosecution. Now he…

The Independent UK · May 30, 2025

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‘We were poor, but at least we were together’: families of Nepali workers killed in Saudi Arabia wait for justice

The opportunity to make money in the Gulf attracts thousands of men from Nepal’s poorest regions, but for the families of those who die in workplace accidents, compensation can be hard to come by

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2025

Rights groups say migrant workers are dying on Saudi job sites as kingdom prepares for World Cup

Two rights organizations have accused Saudi Arabia of turning a blind eye to labor abuses of migrant workers and preventable deaths

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

Pressure grows on Fifa as reports warn of serious risk to workers amid Saudi World Cup building boom

Two reports published today catalogue ‘gruesome yet avoidable accidents’ on construction sites despite the Gulf kingdom’s claims that work-related deaths have fallen

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2025

Fifa accused of contributing to ‘very serious’ human rights abuses in damning new report

The sport’s governing body has been accused of ‘a lack of transparency’, under mounting pressure amid pushback on the expanded Club World Cup and Saudi Arabia’s growing influence

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

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‘One big mess’: Fifa not fit to govern football, claims human rights group

Fifa is not fit to govern and should be the subject of widespread reform, a new report from advocacy group FairSquare has argued

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024

Floods and climate change blamed for surge in dengue in the Emirates as WHO warns of global spike

Since the United Arab Emirates witnessed its heaviest recorded rainfall ever three months ago, the desert nation has issued a multitude of warnings about dengue

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024

British man ‘tortured by Qatari authorities after arrest in Grindr set-up faces deportation without justice’

Amnesty believes Qatar is using Manuel Guerrero Aviña’s case to criminalise LGBT+ people as his brother tells of family’s fight for justice

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024

Migrant workers toil in perilous heat to prepare for Cop28 climate talks in UAE

Report highlights evidence of workers from Africa and Asia labouring in 42C heat in Dubai to build conference facilities

The Guardian - US · Oct 20, 2023

‘Going abroad cost me my health’: Nepal’s migrant workers coming home with chronic kidney disease

Men under 40 are coming home in need of dialysis, after working in intense heat with limited access to drinking water

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

Premier League sponsorship rules set for major test as Newcastle eye shirt deal with Saudi company

Newcastle are in talks over a £25m shirt deal with Sela, an events company with links to Saudi Arabia whose website says it is owned by the Public Investment Fund

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

The Lionel Messi tug-of-war: How Gulf oil states are fighting over football’s greatest player

Messi will leave PSG in the summer but finds himself at the heart of a geopolitical rivalry

The Independent UK · May 4, 2023

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The Independent UK · May 3, 2023

What next for Lionel Messi? Political and sporting influences set to collide

Messi will leave PSG in the summer but finds himself at the heart of a geopolitical rivalry

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

Premier League will never be stable while Gulf states own clubs, warns Fair Square

The human rights group says nations’ involvement in football ‘leaves the Premier League inextricably entwined with, and exposed to, developments in the UK’s foreign policy’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023

Manchester United fans and rights groups raise fears over Qatar-led ownership bid

The Gulf state bank’s offer to buy the English Premier League team has been criticised by humanitarian organisations, LGBTQ+ fan clubs and advocacy groups for football governance

Manchester Evening News · Feb 16, 2023

UEFA urged to block any Qatar-led takeover of Manchester United

Man United have been linked with investment from Qatar but human rights group FairSquare have criticised a potential bid.

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The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022

The man who was jailed after working on Qatar’s World Cup

Miguel Delaney explores the case of Abdullah Ibhais, who was imprisoned after offering advice on payment issues at a labour camp in Al Shahaniya

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Human rights organisations say Fifa complicit in ‘serious abuses’ over unpaid workers in Qatar

Amnesty International and other bodies have called on football’s governing organisation to rectify the issue and set up a fund for labourers to access ‘the compensation they deserve’ from Qatar

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Qatar World Cup: Fifa accused of being ‘complicit’ in ‘human rights travesty’

The family of World Cup whistleblower Abdullah Ibhais has called on the governing body to use its leverage to push for a fair trial

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022

World Cup 2022: Expert panel to explore how the world can hold Qatar to account on human rights

Join labour rights defender Malcolm Bidali, FairSquare’s James Lynch, BHRRC’s Isobel Archer and The Independent’s chief football writer Miguel Delaney, hosted by international editor David Harding

France 24 · Jun 29, 2022

Human rights in the Gulf states: Thousands of migrant worker deaths unexplained

Every year, some 10,000 low-paid migrant labourers return home to southeast Asia from the Gulf in body bags. Half of these deaths are unexplained, and with no labour laws in place — nor any will from home nations to investigate — the cycle of exploitation continues unabated. These figures are…

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