British journalist Richard Keys commented on the protest of some European teams against organizing Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup under the pretext of workers' human rights allegations, and refuted the allegations that were promoted as facts, and explained their lies through what he saw, not what he heard.

Keys, the presenter of beIN Sports, wrote an article on his own website entitled "Protests Against Qatar 2022 - Just a Warning," in which he said that he is "one of the strongest supporters of the protests because they are often the only way to effect change, but we have to make sure." We must also make sure that the protesters themselves do not say anything in public, and do the opposite when it suits them and benefits them, otherwise this will not be a protest; rather, hypocrisy aims to deceive us all. "

Al-Bayt Stadium received a delegation of mayors of some American cities to learn about the ongoing preparations to host the World Cup # Qatar 2022.

The delegation included His Excellency Mr. Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami, His Excellency Mr. Kyle Moore, Mayor of Quincy, and His Excellency Mr. Brian Barnett, Mayor of Rochester Hills.

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"Before the usual predators attack me after reading the first sentence or two of this article, I say yes, I live in Qatar. I live here, and I am not speaking in defense of anyone, this blog is completely independent, just like the podcast that I make with Andy."

"Nobody dictates what we say. Throughout my time in Doha, no one has tried to influence my opinion, and no one told me even once what I could say and what I could not say, and this is in stark contrast to the many years I spent in Sky." Sky), as I was often told to do what we tell you, Richard, otherwise James Murdoch might end up in prison if this or that matter was revealed.

Keys confirmed that when he returned to the Qatari capital (Doha) in 2013 after he visited it for the first time to launch the Al Jazeera sports channel in 2008, he did not believe what he had seen of the changes, and that for nearly a decade, he saw with his own eyes the extent of the development of the city during his travels and his question as a journalist.

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Keys responded to the latest wave of protests against Qatar, led by Norway and Germany, in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers, with 3 focus points in which he said.

First: We must be armed with facts. This is the least that any real protestor can do, otherwise I will question his agenda.

Over the past month, I have seen countless false headlines and statements attributed to “opinion leaders” and “influential people,” or may have been misrepresented, including the number reported by the Guardian newspaper of 6,500 deaths due to World Cup stadiums, Which was built in Qatar.

This is simply not true, and it is acceptable to say that this is not true, without any insult to those who perished in that tragic way, and amnesia applies in relation to facts and their misrepresentation on other matters, as the facts are usually constantly ignored when it comes to Qatar.

But it is relied upon as defense when it relates to others.

In fact, you only have to look at the ridiculous blockade, which recently led to the fragmentation of the region, and which was abandoned without warning after 4 years, when a logical American president realized that it was not based on facts.

Second: The protest must be based on a principle, and you cannot change these principles according to your mood, otherwise it will be a false protest or based on an agenda.

In Russia, there is a completely different measure of human rights violations, both historically and today.

But I do not remember the presence of any protest shirt in the World Cup, which was held in Russia in 2018. Did human rights protests against China in defense of Uyghur Muslims for years, or were these violations not enough to protest against them?

Where were the specially designed clothes at the time?

I doubt that human rights are the cause you are defending.

Third: A message to our football stars who receive greatly exaggerated salaries. If you want to become a political lobbyist, there is nothing wrong with that. Put all the points you want without an account.

But you will not be immune to the public criticism that results from political discourse just because you are a footballer. If you lead global campaigns for human rights, you must question your third and fourth home in Dubai.

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You should also ask about your photo while celebrating emergency surgery in Doha, "Human rights on and off the stadium";

But not in the hospital that I took advantage of?

What about the (selfie) photos while you are on the side of the ring at the Joshua Boxing Match in Riyadh, or your picture greeting drivers at the "Volumula 1" circuit in Bahrain?

Did you support your team-mate Mesut Ozil, who is being ignored and excluded in the Arsenal team for his defense of Muslim and human rights issues?

What about accepting checks from Manchester City?

And I have a lot of other examples.

As I said earlier, hypocrisy is not a good thing.

"I want to draw the players' attention to Amnesty International’s position on Qatar 2022, as it seems that it will not boycott the event. This is one of the facts written in small script so that no one will pay attention to it, I no longer remember the times that over the years I have invited colleagues from the press," Keys said. To visit Qatar, I even agreed to host them and cover all expenses with one condition: “Tell the truth, tell people what you are already seeing,” and every time the answer was the same “I cannot do that, Richard;

Because it does not fit the editorial policy of my newspaper. "

He added, "Unfortunately, the press in England has not recovered yet from the bitterness of its loss of the right to host the 2018 tournament, and insists that it was a major conspiracy. I suggest that they read the Garcia report in all its 350 pages (and I also advise the England file team at that time to read it). In any case, let's focus on. More positive change, and on the best World Cup in history. It is a World Cup for the Arab world as well, and in the end football is for everyone and not only for the West. "