The Australian Greens hold deep concerns regarding the human rights abuses that have occurred in Qatar, particularly those affiliated with the FIFA world cup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was worldwide shock that the 2022 World Cup would be held in Qatar. It only had little infrastructure, but most importantly, the desert-like temperature created concern for fans, footballers, and workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Human Rights Watch reports that low-paid migrants made up 90% of Qatar\u2019s workforce at the time the decision was made that they would host the event. Given its role as a global organisation, FIFA had the opportunity to create strict rules about the workforce used to develop the infrastructure required for the World Cup and protect workers. Unfortunately, this was not the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senator Jordon Steele-John, Australian Greens Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs said:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe information we have received is that between 6,500 and 15,000 workers have died while building stadiums and hospitality venues that will be used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn behalf of the Australian Greens Party Room I have written to FIFA and Football Australia. We are calling on FIFA to support the establishment of a compensation and remedy fund of US$440 million for migrant workers, and for the families of those workers who have died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Greens are also requesting that FIFA and Football Australia make a public statement in support of migrant workers\u2019 rights, compensation, and non-repetition of human rights abuses in future World Cups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Australian Greens will always promote human rights, and call out those who do not support them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Be Slavery Free Campaign said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a \u2018sport-mad\u2019 country we also need to get mad when the sport results in people being abused. At least 6,500 people have died in the construction of stadiums and venues for the FIFA world cup. Some from conditions as horrific as dehydration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBe Slavery Free applauds the Australian Greens for joining the Socceroos, French and USA politicians and Football Associations around the world in calling for human rights and compensation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To take your own action please go to https:\/\/www.beslaveryfree.com\/payupfifa<\/u><\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senator Lidia Thorpe, Australian Greens Spokesperson for Sport said:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe passion we have for athletes needs to translate into solidarity for the workers who make events like the World Cup possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI applaud the leadership shown by the Socceroo\u2019s and Football Associations globally. It\u2019s time for FIFA to join them, and put their money where their mouth is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen we work together, we can achieve so much more. Let\u2019s unite and fight the inequality so many people face in the sports industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Australian Greens hold deep concerns regarding the human rights abuses that have occurred in Qatar, particularly those affiliated with the FIFA world cup. There was worldwide shock that the 2022 World Cup would be held in Qatar. It only had little infrastructure, but most importantly, the desert-like temperature created concern for fans, footballers, and … Continue reading “Greens Call on FIFA and Football Australia to Prevent More Deaths”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18970,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18969\/revisions\/18970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}