FIFA President Gianni Infantino delivered a one-hour tirade on the eve of the World Cup’s opening match. “Today I feel Qatari,” Infantino said Saturday. “Today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled.'
DOHA, Qatar — Gianni Infantino said he feels gay. That he feels like a woman. That he feels like a migrant worker. He lectured Europeans for criticizing Qatar’s human rights record and defended the host country’s last-minute decision to ban beer from World Cup stadiums.
Infantino defended the country’s immigration policy, and praised the government for bringing in migrants to work. Under heavy international scrutiny, Qatar has enacted a number of labor reforms in recent years that have been praised by Equidem and other rights groups. But advocates say abuses are still widespread and that workers have few avenues for redress.Infantino, however, continued to hit the Qatari government’s talking points of turning criticism back onto the West.
“How many gay people were prosecuted in Europe?” Infantino said, repeating previous comments that European countries had similar laws until recent generations. “Sorry, it was a process. We seem to forget.”He reminded that in one region of Switzerland, women got the right to vote only in the 1990s. FIFA also wants to create a legacy fund from its revenues tied to this year’s World Cup — and will let its critics, or anyone who wants, to contribute.
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