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October 2, 2025
FIFA and International Cricket Council under scrutiny over Saudi Aramco ties in light of UN Human Rights Warning

Six of the world’s biggest sports organisations, including FIFA, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Formula 1, have been challenged to justify their sponsorship deals with state-owned Saudi Aramco following concerns that such partnerships may place them in breach of international human rights standards.

Accountability in Sport Aramco Authoritarianism Business and Human Rights Climate Concacaf Cricket FIFA Football Formula 1 Motor racing Saudi Arabia Sport and Human Rights UN UN Human Rights Council Women's Rights
December 7, 2022
Key UN expert group asked to examine Qatar World Cup whistleblower’s case
Abdullah Ibhais Accountability in Sport Authoritarianism Exploitation of Migrant Workers FIFA Football Political Repression Qatar Sport and Human Rights UN Working Group on Arbitary Detention
November 30, 2022
Call on Egypt’s international partners to take action on repression of EIPR
Authoritarianism Egypt Political Repression Travel Bans
November 18, 2022
FairSquare on human rights and the Qatar World Cup
Accountability in Sport Exploitation of Migrant Workers FIFA Football Political Repression Qatar
November 16, 2022
New report links lack of healthcare access to migrant worker deaths in the Gulf
Bahrain Bangladesh Climate Exploitation of Migrant Workers Health India Kuwait Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Report Saudi Arabia UAE Vital Signs
October 18, 2022
FIFA Yet to Back Workers’ Remedy Fund Despite Growing Support
Accountability in Sport Exploitation of Migrant Workers FIFA Football Qatar Sport and Human Rights
October 4, 2022
NBA Criticized for UAE “Dictator Games”
Accountability in Sport Authoritarianism Exploitation of Migrant Workers Political Repression Sport and Human Rights UAE
September 20, 2022
FIFA World Cup: All Sponsors Should Back Remedies for Workers
Accountability in Sport Business and Human Rights Exploitation of Migrant Workers Fair Recruitment FIFA Football Qatar Sport and Human Rights
July 15, 2022
The answer to hypocrisy on human rights is not to drop human rights, but to tackle the hypocrisy
Alaa Abd el-Fattah Authoritarianism Climate COP27 Egypt Political Repression Travel Bans UAE UK
July 6, 2022
Egypt: Arbitrary Travel Bans Throttle Civil Society
Authoritarianism Egypt Political Repression Report Travel Bans UK
May 19, 2022
FIFA should match $440m Qatar 2022 prize money to fund migrant worker compensation
Accountability in Sport Business and Human Rights Exploitation of Migrant Workers Fair Recruitment Football Health Qatar Sport and Human Rights
March 10, 2022
Urgent call for action on migrant worker deaths in the Gulf
Bahrain Bangladesh Climate Exploitation of Migrant Workers Health India Kuwait Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Report Saudi Arabia UAE Vital Signs
Ibhais CID Police Report
February 15, 2022
The Abdullah Ibhais Case: Four Key Pieces Of Evidence 
Abdullah Ibhais Accountability in Sport Authoritarianism Exploitation of Migrant Workers Football Political Repression Qatar Sport and Human Rights
February 11, 2022
Why trafficking in the Gulf persists
Bahrain Business and Human Rights Exploitation of Migrant Workers Fair Recruitment Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE
February 2, 2022
FIFA/Qatar: Last Chance to Ensure Fair Trial for Whistleblower
Abdullah Ibhais Accountability in Sport Authoritarianism Exploitation of Migrant Workers Football Political Repression Qatar Sport and Human Rights
Cambridge University
December 14, 2021
Call on Cambridge University not to whitewash UAE government’s reputation
Authoritarianism Political Repression UAE UK
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