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Manchester United star Christian Eriksen to wear Qatar 'protest' shirt at World Cup

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Manchester United star Christian Eriksen will wear a shirt which protests against Qatar at this winter's World Cup. The tournament, which begins on Sunday, November 20, has created controversy not only for the unusual start time, which has been approved to avoid the heat of Qatar's summer, but also for the human rights record the host country has.

It has been reported that migrant workers in the Middle East country have been mistreated while building stadiums and that LGBTQ+ people are being persecuted within the country.

Qatar’s Supreme Committee on Delivery and Legacy says that 36 workers on World Cup projects they oversee have died since 2015, but Amnesty International says there is no estimate of how many workers have died on other infrastructure projects linked to the delivery of the tournament and the real figure could in fact be 'thousands'.

United legend David Beckham has also been criticised for becoming an ambassador for Qatar ahead of the tournament. ALSO READ: United have finally got their Toni Kroos However, while many participating countries have condemned Qatar, Denmark have decided to go one step further.

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