Can the Qatar 2022 World Cup be boycotted?
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Al Rayyan Stadium in Qatar on the day of its inauguration on December 18, 2020. AP - Hussein Sayed
By: Guillaume Naudin Follow
31 min
It is this week that the qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar begin in Europe.
The attribution of this planetary event already more than ten years ago, continues to raise questions.
On suspicion of corruption, on the advisability of building air-conditioned stadiums in the middle of the desert, on the status of the workers who worked there and died there, on the treatment of women referees too.
That is a lot and voices are raised to say that it is too much and to talk about a boycott.
Can the Qatar 2022 World Cup be boycotted?
This is the question of the day.
Publicity
To discuss it:
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Sabine Gagnier
, Advocacy Officer at Amnesty International
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Jean-Baptiste Guégan
, teacher and specialist in the geopolitics of sport and author of the book
Géopolitique du sport, une autre explanation du monde
, éditions Bréal (by phone)
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Nicolas Kssis Martov
, journalist for
So Foot
magazine
and author of the book
Terrains de jeux, terrains de Luttes
, Éditions de l'Atelier
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