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In World Cup Run-Up, Qatar Pressed U.N. Agency Not to Investigate Abuses

Por: The New York Times World March 11, 2023

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With a series of raids and arrests this winter, the Belgian authorities unearthed what they said was a dirty deal at the heart of the European Parliament. Politicians are charged with pocketing money to praise the tiny Gulf nation of Qatar and downplay its labor rights abuses in the run-up to the World Cup.Well before any cash is known to have changed hands in that scheme, however, Qatar embarked on a yearslong campaign of political maneuvering... + full article



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