Qatar World Cup: Harsh spotlight shone on human rights issues as Norwegian FA president gives scathing speech at FIFA Congress

By Jack Bantock, CNN

Updated 0832 GMT (1632 HKT) April 1, 2022

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(CNN)Friday's World Cup draw will see Qatar become the center of the footballing world, but the week's build-up has been dominated by non-sporting issues.

At FIFA's 72nd annual Congress on Thursday, Norway's FA President Lise Klaveness delivered a stinging speech that labeled the decision to allow Qatar to host the World Cup as «unacceptable» and demanded that FIFA do more to defend its principles of human rights. Klaveness' comments came just a day after worldwide players' union FIFPRO and a global trade union federation published an open letter that criticized Qatar for continued poor working conditions for migrants