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have been built for this ground breaking world cup, one that the hosts hope will elevate the status of their country. but it s the human cost of such colossal investment that s brought with it unprecedented levels of scrutiny. thousands of migrant workers have died in qatar since 2010, and while organisers insist very few are due to working on stadium construction, campaigners say official data is not reliable and recent reforms don t go far enough. today, a vocal critic of the tournament told me how he felt about being here. there s this kind of queasy feeling around it at the moment. there are significant issues around this world cup, obviously, with human rights issues, what s happened with the building of the stadiums and workers rights and homophobia. well, i think it is tainted.
the first world cup in the middle east has arrived. just as doha has risen from the desert over the last 30 years, no less dramatic has been the way that a host of new stadia and huge amounts of infrastructure have been built for this ground breaking world cup, one that the hosts hope will elevate the status of their country. but it is the human cost of such colossal investment that has brought with it unprecedented levels of scrutiny. thousands of migrant workers have died in qatar since 2010 and, while organisers insist very few are due to working on stadium construction, campaigners say official data is not reliable and recent reforms don t go far enough. today, a vocal critic of the tournament told me how he felt about being here. there is this kind of queasy feeling around it at the moment. there are significant issues around this world cup, obviously, with human rights issues, what s happened with the building of the stadiums and workers rights, and homophobia,
but the u turn today is just the latest controversy to hit an event that was meant to be the perfect advert for this immensely rich gulf state. suspicion marring the build up, ever since it was voted for 12 years ago by fifa, despite extreme summer heat and no footballing history. the hosts denying allegations of corruption. no matter how implausible it may seem to so many, the first world cup in the middle east has arrived. just as doha has risen from the desert over the last 30 years, no less dramatic has been the way that a host of new stadia and huge amounts of infrastructure have been that has brought with it unprecedented levels of scrutiny. thousands of migrant workers have died in qatar since 2010 and, while organisers insist very few are due to working on stadium construction, campaigners say official data is not reliable and recent reforms don t go far enough.
30 years, no less dramatic has been the way that a host of new stadia and huge amounts of infrastructure have been built for this ground breaking world cup, one that the hosts hope will elevate the status of their country. but it is the human cost of such colossal investment that has brought with it unprecedented levels of scrutiny. thousands of migrant workers have died in qatar since 2010 and, while organisers insist very few are due to working on stadium construction, campaigners say official data is not reliable and recent reforms don t go far enough. today, a vocal critic of the tournament told me how he felt about being here. there is this kind of queasy feeling around it at the moment. there are significant issues around this world cup, obviously, with human rights issues, what s happened with the building of the stadiums and workers rights, and homophobia, well, i think it is tainted. and because of that and other human rights issues.