FIFA: Amnesty International & SRA demand guarantees before 2034 World Cup is awarded to Saudi Arabia

"FIFA should halt the process to select Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 World Cup unless major human rights reforms are announced before a vote of FIFA members next month (11/12/2024)," announced Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) on 11/11/2024.

"There will be a real and predictable human cost to awarding the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia without obtaining credible guarantees of reform. Fans will face discrimination, residents will be forcibly evicted, migrant workers will face exploitation, and many will die. FIFA must halt the process until proper human rights protections are in place to avoid worsening an already dire situation," said Steve Cockburn, head of labour rights and sport at Amnesty International.

Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance are also calling on FIFA to make the awarding of the 2030 World Cup to Morocco, Portugal and Spain (whose joint bid is the only candidate) "conditional on the development of a far more credible human rights strategy."

These statements come as Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance…