News confirms outcome expected for more than a year since Fifa expedited its bidding process for the 2034 event
The news confirms an outcome expected for more than a year since Fifa expedited its bidding process for the 2034 event. The decision has been widely condemned by human rights organisations, who cite arbitrary detentions, the abuse and deaths of migrant workers and suppression of the rights of women and LGBTQ+ people in the country.
The country will embark on an enormous construction project with 11 new stadiums required to support a World Cup that will feature 48 sides. The tournament will be staged across five cities, with the capital, Riyadh, hosting eight stadiums. Owing to the stark summer temperatures in the region and the timing of Ramadan, the tournament is likely to take place in January and February.
Dixon, who has represented Hatice Cengiz, whose husband, Jamal Khashoggi, was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018, said: “Fifa should insist on minimum human rights compliance by Saudi Arabia, at least, to release jailed political opponents, stop torture in its prisons, uphold women’s rights, permit free speech and association, guarantee workers’ rights, and establish an independent judiciary.
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