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The World Cup of Human Rights
Amnesty says the tournament could bring racial profiling, mass detentions and other abuses, and only 4 of 16 host cities had human rights plans in March.
Refugees and staff from the Center for Victims of Torture play soccer and celebrate human rights, Minneapolis, USA, June 2023. Credit: CVTBy Simon AdamsPERTH, Australia, Jun 11 2026 (IPS) This planet’s biggest sporting event—the FIFA Men’s World Cup—will soon kick off. Millions of people around the world will sit up, bleary eyed, watching matches at unreasonable hours and inventing feeble excuses for why we won’t be at work in the morning. More …