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Amnesty International on Monday urged FIFA, national football associations, and 2026 FIFA World Cup sponsors to make sure human rights of fans, players, journalists, workers, and local communities are preserved during the tournament, which will begin June 11 in Canada, Mexico, and the US.
The rights group reminded host countries of their obligations under international human rights law, highlighting ongoing “acute human rights crisis” in the host countries:
The group alerted to the fact that the agency has “signed 1,544…agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies, including in World Cup host cities Dallas, Houston and Miami, deputizing their officers to enforce immigration law and allowing for local jails to be used for immigration detention.”
Amnesty expressed concern over lacking guarantees from US authorities that immigrant communities attending the games will be safe from ethnic profiling, unlawful detention and deportation. Fans from Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti, Iran, and Senegal will likely not be able to travel to US to support their teams, and other fans may face intrusive surveillance and need to ensure that their social media accounts do not promote “anti-Americanism.”
The group also warning of waning journalistic freedom in the US and Mexico. At least one journalist–Mario Guevara–was deported from the US after he reported on ICE operations. In Mexico, seven journalists were reportedly killed in retaliation to their reporting in 2025, and Reporters Without Borders has described the country as the most dangerous in the world for press members.
Rights to peaceful assembly have also suffered in all three host countries. In 2025, the Trump administration revoked the visas of 8,000 students visas, some of whom had protested Israeli occupation and military action in Gaza. In Canada, some cities have restricted areas for lawful protest through implemented “exclusion zones.”
The 2026 FIFA World Cup figures to be largest and most lucrative to date, projecting to generate $11 billion.
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The rights group reminded host countries of their obligations under international human rights law, highlighting ongoing “acute human rights crisis” in the host countries:
Amnesty quantified ICE’s abuse, detailing how 43 people died in ICE custody between January 2025 and March 2026. The group recounted ICE killings of Renée Good, Keith Porter, Ruben Ray Martinez, Silverio Villegas González, and Alex Pretti during operations in major cities across the county, as well as the 500,000 people deported from the US in 2025.
The group alerted to the fact that the agency has “signed 1,544…agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies, including in World Cup host cities Dallas, Houston and Miami, deputizing their officers to enforce immigration law and allowing for local jails to be used for immigration detention.”
Amnesty expressed concern over lacking guarantees from US authorities that immigrant communities attending the games will be safe from ethnic profiling, unlawful detention and deportation. Fans from Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti, Iran, and Senegal will likely not be able to travel to US to support their teams, and other fans may face intrusive surveillance and need to ensure that their social media accounts do not promote “anti-Americanism.”
The group also warning of waning journalistic freedom in the US and Mexico. At least one journalist–Mario Guevara–was deported from the US after he reported on ICE operations. In Mexico, seven journalists were reportedly killed in retaliation to their reporting in 2025, and Reporters Without Borders has described the country as the most dangerous in the world for press members.
Rights to peaceful assembly have also suffered in all three host countries. In 2025, the Trump administration revoked the visas of 8,000 students visas, some of whom had protested Israeli occupation and military action in Gaza. In Canada, some cities have restricted areas for lawful protest through implemented “exclusion zones.”
The 2026 FIFA World Cup figures to be largest and most lucrative to date, projecting to generate $11 billion.
The post Amnesty International urges FIFA World Cup host countries to uphold human rights appeared first on JURIST - News.
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