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# World Cup 2034: Football first, rights last
- URL: https://www.europeans.today/2025/05/15/world-cup-2034-football-first-rights-last/
- Published: 2025-05-15T00:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-29T23:13:37.000Z
- Description: Top lawyers accuse FIFA of ignoring its own human rights rules in awarding Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup, demanding urgent reforms over migrant deaths, repression and lack of accountability. | Today’s Political Cartoon.
- Author: TODAY's Cartoons
- Tags: Today's Cartoon, TODAY+

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### **GOING FURTHER**

- ###### [FIFA breaching own human rights rules over Saudi Arabian World Cup, lawyers say](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/15/fifa-breaching-own-human-rights-rules-over-saudi-arabian-world-cup-lawyers-say?ref=europeans.today) | THE GUARDIAN
- ###### [FIFA in breach of own human rights rule by holding World Cup in Saudi Arabia, say lawyers](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fifa-saudi-arabia-world-cup-2034-sportswashing-human-rights-b2751681.html?ref=europeans.today) | THE INDEPENDENT
- ###### [FIFA gets complaint over Saudi '34 World Cup human rights abuse](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/%5F/id/45159120/fifa-complaint-saudi-34-world-cup-human-rights-abuse?ref=europeans.today) | ESPN

  
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