World Cup 2022: Fifa president Gianni Infantino accuses West of 'hypocrisy'
By Shamoon Hafez & Emma SandersBBC Sport in Doha
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has accused the West of "hypocrisy" in its reporting about Qatar's human rights record, on the eve of the World Cup.
In an extraordinary monologue at a news conference in Doha, Infantino spoke for nearly an hour and made a passionate defence of Qatar and the tournament.
The event has been overshadowed by issues in Qatar including deaths of migrant workers and treatment of LGBT people.
Infantino, who was born in Switzerland, said European nations should apologise for acts committed in their own histories, rather than focussing on migrant workers' issues in Qatar.
Twitter has ‘50% chance’ of major crash during World Cup, says insider
Social media giant ill-equipped to deal with traffic spikes after cuts imposed by Elon Musk, according to former employee
Twitter stands a 50% chance of a major outage that could take the site offline during the World Cup, according to a recently departed employee with knowledge of how the company responds to large-scale events.
The former employee, who was granted anonymity because of the sensitivity of what was discussed, has knowledge of the workings of Twitter Command Centre, the platform’s team of troubleshooters who monitor the site for issues such as traffic spikes and data centre outages.
“Between the lack of preparations and the lack of staffing, I think it’s going to be a rough World Cup for Twitter,” said the former employee.
Germany blasts FIFA for restricting human rights protests
German soccer boss Bernd Neuendorf said his team was prepared to be fined for wearing a multi-colored armband in Qatar. He also didn't rule out other protest actions by German players at the World Cup.
German football federation (DFB) president Bernd Neuendorf criticized FIFA for its attempts to restrict teams' political activities when it comes to human rights at the World Cup in Qatar.
He was also prepared to put money where his mouth is at saying he is ready to be fined when German captain Manuel Neuer wears the multi-colored One Love armband during the World Cup. Neuer and several other European team captains plan to wear a multicolored One Love armband at the tournament to support diversity.
"Personally, I would be quite prepared to accept a fine," Neuendorf said in Qatar on Friday. "This is not a political statement, but a statement for human rights," he added.
Afghan migrants beaten and illegally expelled by Turkish authorities
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Refugees from Afghanistan are being violently pushed back when they try to enter Turkey, an international rights watchdog has found. Turkish authorities are also deporting migrants to Afghanistan in growing numbers, according to disturbing new testimonies.
For five years, Turkey had been Ahmadi’s new home. As he built a life and a business there, his old home, Afghanistan, disintegrated before his eyes under the Taliban. But last spring, on his way to the bank from the shop where he sold mobile phones, the 26-year-old was arrested and taken to an informal removal center. From there, he was deported to Afghanistan, where he remains.
Ahmadi is one of tens of thousands of Afghans to have been rounded up by Turkish authorities and sent back to Afghanistan since the Taliban took over the country. Most are deported on charter flights, which resumed from Turkey in late January.
Italian man found dead at detention center; suicide looked at
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 19, 2022 at 16:50 JST
An Italian man in his 50s was found dead in his cell, possibly from suicide, at a Tokyo detention center, authorities said.
The man’s death follows a recent high-profile case of a Sri Lankan women who died without receiving adequate medical care, triggering international condemnation over conditions at Japan’s immigration facilities in recent years.
Earlier this month, the U.N. Human Rights Committee expressed concern about the treatment of foreign nationals detained at immigration facilities and called on Japan to take steps to improve conditions.
Children’s deaths ‘must stop’ in Iran, says UNICEF, as protests continue
The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, said it remains deeply concerned by reports of children being killed, injured, and detained in Iran, it said in a statement on Friday, adding that the reported deaths of children at anti-government protests “must stop.”
An “estimated 50 children have reportedly lost their lives in the public unrest in Iran,” UNICEF said in the statement.
This comes as the unrest in Iran has continued for more than two months, and amid increasing calls from protesters and activists online to UNICEF, Amnesty International and other human rights organizations to take action on human rights violations and crimes against children taking plane in Iran.
Many tell CNN that they feel their voices have not been heard. “They just say, hey, Islamic Republic, what are you doing is bad,” one protester in Iran told CNN. “Yes, everybody knows it’s bad. Three-year-old children know it’s bad, but we need actual action. Do something. I don’t know. I believe they know better than us what they can do.”
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