If you follow Gianni Infantino, the president of the world football association FIFA, the football World Cup in Qatar will be one big celebration.

“We have always said that Qatar will host the best FIFA World Cup ever.

And if you look around the country today, the state-of-the-art stadiums, the training grounds, the subway and all the infrastructure, then everything is ready and everyone is welcome," Infantino said on Monday when organizers announced that another 30,000 hotel rooms were available for visitors.

"The world is excited.

Qatar is ready.

The stage is set.

Together we will deliver the best World Cup ever on and off the field,” said Infantino, who relocated from Zurich to the Qatari capital Doha a year ago.

There he was drawn

Michael Hanfeld

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No mention of the haggling that led to the awarding of the World Cup in the desert, no mention of the conditions under which thousands of foreign workers had to toil to pull up the eight stadiums and all the other Qatari construction projects for the World Cup.

The World Cup organizers are pleased that they have now sold almost three million tickets.

When the opening game starts on November 20 at Al Bayt Stadium, the whole world should see how beautiful it all is.

All of which is forbidden

However, it is already clear what the world should not see.

To this end, Qatar has formulated precise censorship guidelines that broadcasters, filmmakers and photographers must adhere to, as reports “Guardian” and “Stern”.

Accordingly, it is forbidden to record Qataris in their private rooms or to show accommodations of guest workers.

This also applies in and for government buildings, churches, universities, hospitals and private companies.

Anyone who wants to report on the World Cup in Qatar must agree to these conditions.

The ARD confirmed the conditions at the request of the German Press Agency.

It is “right that in order to get a filming permit in Qatar, you have to comply with certain conditions.

We at ARD are also affected by this.” Such requirements are known “not only with regard to reporting from Qatar”, such an approach is “also common in many other countries – such as recently in China”.

ARD will "nevertheless use all the opportunities available to it, as planned, not only to report on sports, but also to report critically and profoundly on the World Cup in Qatar".

The ARD announced that they were “in direct discussions with FIFA about the conditions”.

According to the dpa, ZDF is also "advocating for comprehensive reporting from the World Cup host country outside the stadiums" and is "in talks with FIFA about the conditions for filming permits".

The "personal impressions and experiences" of colleagues on site should "play a major role in World Cup reporting - and of course they will not be subject to censorship," announces ARD confidently.

"The negative sides of this football World Cup" have recently been "intensively illuminated" in documentaries and will "continue to do so".

The German Association of Journalists (DJV) reminds FIFA that it is committed to freedom of the press under point 3 of its statutes.

It says: "FIFA is committed to complying with all internationally recognized human rights and is committed to protecting these rights." This commitment should "not be a fig leaf that is only in the statutes," said DJV national chairman Frank Überall.

At the World Cup, human rights "were literally trampled on by the host country Qatar, not least freedom of the press," said Überall.

Without freedom of the press, it would be difficult to report on “human rights violations”.

"Investigative reports on the circumstances surrounding the World Cup in Qatar" would be "drastically made more difficult".

Who conducts interviews with citizens,

Talking to guest workers or activists about their precarious situation in Qatar runs the risk of ending up in court.

FIFA's partner companies are also responsible for the World Cup.

“Four of the seven FIFA partners have given themselves clear guidelines on respecting human rights.

If they are serious about this, they must show their colors and work to ensure compliance in Qatar with FIFA,” said Überall, referring to the companies Coca-Cola, Adidas, Hyundai-Kia and Visa.