BRIG, Switzerland : An activist group erected protest billboards in FIFA boss Gianni Infantino's Swiss home town of Brig on Wednesday to demand the world soccer body compensate migrant workers for alleged human rights abuses in Qatar, host of the football World Cup.
The protest by the Avaaz campaign group also included an Infantino impersonator holding a World Cup trophy. Britain's Guardian newspaper reported last year that at least 6,500 migrants - many of them working on World Cup projects - had died in Qatar since it won the right in 2010 to stage the World Cup.
Amnesty and other rights groups have led calls for FIFA to compensate migrant workers in Qatar for human rights abuses by setting aside $440 million, matching the World Cup prize money.
This is UNACCEPTABLE, this is a breach on the privacy of Giannis Infantino! Security around the FIFAcom Boss should be tightened please!
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