Denmark will journey to Qatar with out households in human rights protest – report

Oct 5 (Reuters) – Denmark’s gamers will journey to the 2022 World Cup with out their households, native media reported on Tuesday, because the Danish FA (DBU) desires to minimise exercise in Qatar as a protest in opposition to the nation’s human rights file.

“We do not wish to contribute to creating revenue for Qatar,” DBU communications supervisor Jakob Hoyer informed newspaper Ekstra Bladet.

“Due to this fact, we have now throttled down as a lot as doable on our journey actions.

“In earlier (World Cup finals), the gamers’ wives and girlfriends have travelled with the board, however as I stated, we have now cancelled these journeys for (these finals).”

Qatar has confronted intense criticism from human rights teams and media over its remedy of migrant staff.

A Guardian newspaper evaluation in Feb. 2021 concluded 6,500 South Asian migrants had died in Qatar since 2010 and the Worldwide Labour Organisation has stated Qatar will not be adequately reporting employee deaths.

Qatar’s World Cup organisers, the Supreme Committee for Supply and Legacy (SC), have disputed the declare that “the event has price hundreds of individuals their lives”.

The federal government has stated its labour system is a piece in progress, however denied a 2021 Amnesty report that hundreds of migrant staff have been nonetheless being exploited.

Sportswear firm Hummel stated final week that the package Denmark will put on on the World Cup was designed as a protest in opposition to Qatar’s human rights file.

Hummel stated it had toned down the small print on Denmark’s World Cup jerseys and likewise launched a black package. read more

The DBU additionally lowered journeys to Qatar for its board members, native media reported final week. Every of them might solely attend one Denmark match, whereas not more than two board members could also be current at every of their video games.

Denmark kick off their World Cup marketing campaign on Nov. 22 in opposition to Tunisia.

Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk Modifying by Toby Davis

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