Denmark points to Qatar for the World Cup

Selection of Denmark was directly qualified last October for the 2022 World Cup after finishing first in their group with nine victories in the ten qualifying matches.

However, despite this, the Danish Football Federation has already communicated that it will take some measures to raise awareness of the shortage of human rights during the works and the organization of the World Cup in Qatar.

He has confirmed that his two sponsors of the training shirts will leave a space for messages of a critical nature towards Qatar, in addition to minimizing the number of trips to the country to avoid commercial activities that promote the events of the World Cup hosts.

“DBU has long criticized the Qatar World Cup,” said its CEO, Jakob Jensen it’s a statement.

“But now we are intensifying our efforts and critical dialogue even more, so we take advantage of the fact that we are classified to work for greater change in the country.”

“Furthermore, we have long drawn attention to the challenges facing FIFA and Qatar, and we will continue to do so.”

Earlier this week, International Amnesty published a 48-page report claiming that thousands of migrant workers in Qatar were caught and exploited, and that many of them are they faced ‘wage theft’.

The Qatari government denied these allegations, but acknowledged that their labor system was something they continued to work on.

Jensen He added that he was pleased to see his business partners giving up space in training kits for messages aimed at improving conditions for migrant workers in Qatar.

“It is a very strong signal when our partners are also engaged in the fight to improve conditions in Qatar,” he added.

“The partners they support Danish football, the men’s national team and sports participation in the European Championship and the World Cup, not the individual host“.

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