Section Q Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Norwegian journalists arrested doing a story on workers condions relating to building stadia for the world cup finals. OSLO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Two Norwegian reporters were arrested by police in Qatar this week and held in detention for some 30 hours, their employer said on Wednesday, drawing criticism of the Gulf nation from Norway's prime minister. Journalists Halvor Ekeland and Lokman Ghorbani were in Qatar to report on preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, public broadcaster NRK said. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/norway-criticises-qatar-over-arrest-norwegian-journalists-2021-11-24/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pasquale for King Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 4 minutes ago, Section Q said: Norwegian journalists arrested doing a story on workers condions relating to building stadia for the world cup finals. OSLO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Two Norwegian reporters were arrested by police in Qatar this week and held in detention for some 30 hours, their employer said on Wednesday, drawing criticism of the Gulf nation from Norway's prime minister. Journalists Halvor Ekeland and Lokman Ghorbani were in Qatar to report on preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, public broadcaster NRK said. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/norway-criticises-qatar-over-arrest-norwegian-journalists-2021-11-24/ Why this World Cup is still being held here shows how corrupt football and any other sport that goes here is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Section Q Posted November 25 Author Share Posted November 25 11 hours ago, Pasquale for King said: Why this World Cup is still being held here shows how corrupt football and any other sport that goes here is. Agree 100%. Money talks, just look at the Geordies.......! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Des Lynam Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 2 hours ago, Section Q said: Agree 100%. Money talks, just look at the Geordies.......! Wonderful isn’t it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vasco Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 The venues for the past dozen World Cup finals have been decided by bribes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SectionDJambo Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 If the package promoting Qatar had included the tournament being played in December, it wouldn't have got anywhere near happening. The officials at FIFA probably already knew that it would be too hot in our summer to play football matches in Qatar, but followed the money. The European associations would have been strongly against any disruption of their domestic programs. It should be a condition of any future bid that it has to be held in June or July. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
i8hibsh Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Vile part of the world and sums up FIFA and football today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Das Viertel Hearts Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 If they qualify Scotland should not attend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tian447 Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Qatar really is a despicable place, and they literally cannot help but shoot themselves in the foot time and time again. If there is one good thing to come out of this World Cup, it's that it really highlights that and makes people aware of what sort of dodgy dealing is happening in the background of places that isn't reported, and how much corruption exists out in the open. The statements that they have repeatedly come out with about worker deaths have been exactly that - statements. No proof, no evidence, just some shady guy's word that they're doing better. That might be the case for the documented workers, but what about the thousands of undocumented ones? Are you really going to include them in your statements? I'd love the teams who take part in the World Cup to have absolutely nothing to do with Qatar other than the football. Fly in for the games, leave at full time. No staying in hotels, no eating in their restaurants, just in and out for the thing that actually matters. But it won't happen that way, and it'll just get swept under the carpet, and they'll be told to toe the party line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tian447 Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 3 minutes ago, Das Viertel Hearts said: If they qualify Scotland should not attend. It's bloody typical isn't it? Scotland don't qualify for a World Cup in over 2 decades, and the one that they at least have a chance of qualifying for is this one. I'm torn between wanting to watch Scotland in a World Cup, and not wanting to support the farce of a World Cup that this one already is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bull's-eye Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Quite looking forward to it tbh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pasquale for King Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 7 hours ago, Section Q said: Agree 100%. Money talks, just look at the Geordies.......! Unfortunately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Forever Hearts Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Hopefully Scotland qualify and the tournament is a great success. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Section Q Posted November 25 Author Share Posted November 25 12 hours ago, tian447 said: Qatar really is a despicable place, and they literally cannot help but shoot themselves in the foot time and time again. If there is one good thing to come out of this World Cup, it's that it really highlights that and makes people aware of what sort of dodgy dealing is happening in the background of places that isn't reported, and how much corruption exists out in the open. The statements that they have repeatedly come out with about worker deaths have been exactly that - statements. No proof, no evidence, just some shady guy's word that they're doing better. That might be the case for the documented workers, but what about the thousands of undocumented ones? Are you really going to include them in your statements? I'd love the teams who take part in the World Cup to have absolutely nothing to do with Qatar other than the football. Fly in for the games, leave at full time. No staying in hotels, no eating in their restaurants, just in and out for the thing that actually matters. But it won't happen that way, and it'll just get swept under the carpet, and they'll be told to toe the party line. Can't disagree with anything above. We do however live in a crap world and money talks.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rudi must stay Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Heard it's delayed till 2025 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbies Tackle Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Who cares? Just get on with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cade Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Unbelievable that it wasn't cancelled years ago. It's far too late to stop it now. We'll see if anybody boycotts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
savage Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 There are so many thing wrong with it being there but i find it ridiculous that whilst footballers struggle to come out openly as gay the world Cup is held in a country where you get the jail for being gay. Fifa= corrupt to the core Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonesy Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 7 hours ago, Das Viertel Hearts said: If they qualify Scotland should not attend. Our subtle boycotting of the USA, Japan, Korea, Germany, South Africa, Brazil and Russia has arguably had little destabilising impact on those regimes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Das Viertel Hearts Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 1 hour ago, savage said: There are so many thing wrong with it being there but i find it ridiculous that whilst footballers struggle to come out openly as gay the world Cup is held in a country where you get the jail for being gay. Fifa= corrupt to the core If you cracked open a tin of Asda lager they would beat you to a pulp...and add 100 lashes for good measure!! Shows what can happen when religious fairy stories are leveraged by very sinister groups of men... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skinnybob72 Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 The penalty shootout could be replaced by a sandcastle building competition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boab Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 58 minutes ago, Das Viertel Hearts said: If you cracked open a tin of Asda lager they would beat you to a pulp...and add 100 lashes for good measure!! Shows what can happen when religious fairy stories are leveraged by very sinister groups of men... To be fair, if you're drinking Asda lager, you probably deserve a few lashes ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dav1e Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Disgusting treatment of workers and high death toll makes a mockery of the game. Wont be watching any of this circus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Des Lynam Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 You're more likely to die of boredom than anything else in Qatar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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