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June 6, 2018 Commentary

Russia World Cup: Labor Abuses on Stadium Building Sites

Russia: FIFA World Cup 2018
May 29, 2018 Commentary

LGBT Rights at the World Cup

Participants in a LGBT community rally in central Moscow, Russia hold a rainbow flag that reads, "Love. Don't make war", as a policeman stops them.
May 24, 2018 Dispatches

Russia Should Free Oleg Sentsov Before FIFA World Cup

Pressure Mounts to Release Political Prisoners Before Sporting Extravaganza

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov gestures from a defendants' box as he attends a court hearing in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, July 21, 2015.
May 23, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter to FIFA Concerning the Human Rights Crisis in Chechnya

May 21, 2018 News Release

World Cup No Time to Obscure Plight of Syrians

World Leaders Should Sit Out Opening Ceremony Unless Syria Abuses are Addressed

World Cup
May 16, 2018 Dispatches

Russia Press Freedom Reversal Shows FIFA Has Leverage and Should Use It

German Sports Journalist Gets Visa After All

Journalist Hajo Seppelt.
May 16, 2018 News Release

Germany/Russia: Merkel To Meet Putin

Chancellor Visiting Amid New Levels of Repression

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017
May 15, 2018 Dispatches

To Free a Human Rights Defender in Russia’s Chechnya

Daughter of Chechnya’s Slain Rights Worker Pleas for Freedom of Mother’s Successor

Oyub Titiev at a court hearing in Grozny, Chechnya, May 4, 2018.
May 15, 2018 News Release

Russia: Repression, Discrimination Ahead of World Cup

FIFA Should Stand Up for Rights One Month Before Kickoff

The Russian and Brazilian football teams play a pre-World Cup international friendly match at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia on March 23, 2018. The FIFA World Cup final will be played at this stadium on July 15 2018. (c) 2018 Ashley Kowalski
May 3, 2018 Letter

Letter to the President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

May 3, 2018 News Release

Russia: FIFA Should Urge Kremlin to Free Chechen Activist

Human Rights Defender Behind Bars in Chechnya as it Hosts 2018 World Cup Team

Oyub Titiev stands in front of a portrait of his murdered colleague, Natalia Estemirova, in Memorial's Grozny office, Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.
March 21, 2018 Commentary

Are you ready for the World Cup of shame?

A general view shows Volgograd Arena, the stadium under construction which will host matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in the city of Volgograd, Russia February 2, 2018.
March 20, 2018 Dispatches

Waiting for Freedom in Chechnya

FIFA Should Speak up on Framed Human Rights Activist Oyub Titiev

Oyub Titiev, Grozny, 2018.
March 8, 2018 Commentary

Banned from Watching Soccer, the Women of Iran are Being Failed by FIFA

Supporters of Iran watch the Morocco vs Iran match in a fan zone in Moscow, Russa, on June 15, 2018.
February 26, 2018 Dispatches

Welcome Support for Workers’ Rights Advocate in Russia

FIFA in Volgograd Courtroom as Part of New Human Rights Policy

Construction workers on the St. Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia that will host 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup matches. October 3, 2016.

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