The Qatar World Cup is approaching and while millions of people await the initial whistle and the start of the competition, on Sunday 20 there is a part of the company expressing its discomfort for the race that will take place in the Middle East. The Spanish streamer appears to be in that group Ibai Llanos.
The difficult working conditions suffered by the workers who built the stadiums, causing an undeterminable number of deaths, was the first reason for criticism of the site, the first in the Arab world.
On the other hand, the position of the Qatari regime on human rights issues and other advances by the LGBTIQ + collective have also generated ethical conflicts that are impossible to resolve. Therefore, there are numerous and growing voices demonstrating in protest or promoting a boycott of the sporting event.
In this sense, Ibaiwell known in the social media environment and with a close relationship with many footballers through his Twitch channel, which recently expressed that will not accompany the squad of the Spanish national team on Qatar.
His words were clear and strong: “It doesn’t come out of my balls and I won’t“Said the Spanish streamer on one of his broadcasts, after making it clear that he had been offered to accompany The Red to create content for social networks but refused the proposal.
“I had the opportunity to get on the Spanish football team plane in Qatar and well, I was going to record content, I wasn’t going to do the live, but I was going to record content, but my balls don’t come out and I don’t intend to. to do. I made the decision weeks ago, not that I made it today, but I won’tIbay said.
The dark side of the World Cup in Qatar
According to an investigation by the English newspaper Guardianin the middle of last year, reported that just over 6,500 immigrant workers have died since 2010when the construction of seven new stadiums and all the infrastructures that will concentrate the event that will start in just 10 days has begun.
Immigrants from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh traveled to the emirate to work on the construction of stadiums to host the matches, as well as hotels, airports and transport lines. And in most cases they received almost inhumane treatment.
The published figures correspond to the registrations made by these five countries. But the number is estimated to be much higher. How come? The last months of 2020 and the records of 2021 and 2022 are not included. What is striking about this lack of official information is that, despite the pandemic, work in Qatar has never stopped.
Kenyans and Filipinos whose countries do not have an official number are also exempt, but according to the report they are a large percentage of those who work there.
It’s been a long time since “International amnestyreported countless irregularities with workers in Qatar. And several human rights associations have raised their voices in protest against the abuse and exploitation of workers.
According to published data, they are almost 1,800,000 immigrants those who have gone through the pharaonic construction since 2010 (90% of the workforce). The Khalifa Stadium alone has more than 3,200 immigrants working there every day. And salaries according to the immigrant recruitment agency range between $ 500 and $ 2,000 a month.
“There is a real lack of transparency about these deaths. It is extremely necessary for Qatar to strengthen its security standards, “asked May Romanos, of International amnesty.
According to official data, 35 workers have died in World Cup projects since 2015but there was no number of deaths of employees who participated in other constructions linked to the exceptional event.
Likewise, More than 15,021 foreign workers from all sectors died in Qatar between 2010 and 2019whose deaths have largely been attributed to “cardiovascular disease”.
This is why the organization denounced, in August last year, that under the pretext of cardiovascular disease, the statistics “they could hide a large number of deaths that have not really been explained“.
Source: Clarin
