LGTBIQ + associations demand that FIFA change the venue for the 2022 Soccer World Cup
collective LGTBIQ + they have asked the International Football Federation (FIFA) which Qatar do not organize the next 2022 World Cup after the statements LGTBIphobic of its sports general director, Nasser Al Khater.
In an interview at the CNN, the head of the Organizing Committee of World 2022, he warned that although the fans LGTBI en Qatar They will have the right to travel and watch the World Cup matches, they will have to avoid kissing or caressing each other in public. «Just as we respect different cultures, we expect these cultures to respect ours«He declared.
En Qatar, "same-sex intercourse”Is a crime, with sentences ranging from life imprisonment to the death penalty. Its penal code states that only the act of provoking or seducing a male to commit acts of “sodomy and immorality”Is punished with three years in jail. In addition, in Qatar the content LGTBIQ + they are censored in international newspapers.
They demand a change of venue
FELGTBI +, Triángulo Foundation and ADI LGTBI + have condemned these words and have claimed that the «FIFA must withdraw the organization of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar and publicly commit to the defense of Human Rights of LGTBI + people in the field of football«. In addition, they ensure that the holding of international competitions have not led to any advance in the rights of LGTBI people or women.
sportwashing
In this sense, in addition, they consider that it is «intolerable" the "Whitening of Human Rights violations using the focus and values of sport«. In fact, the construction of the facilities where this Men's Soccer World Cup 2022 it has been surrounded by complaints about violations of the rights of migrant workers. On the contrary, the organization of large sporting events contributes to improving its image in the world and has a significant economic and reputational impact.
