Perhaps it’s understandable? For the media images of joy and human excellence are a convenient antidote, albeit temporary, to the rights-less, dangerous and despairing situation that millions of people face in their daily lives.
But the truth is that in these times, human rights and human rights activists need more time and more recognition – not less. Even during a World Cup. Instead the opposite has happened. , human rights issues surrounding the World Cup have been systematically filtered out of the picture.It is a further sign of the new times that unlike 30 years ago, when in South Africa and across the world, a tornado of revolutions seeking human rights helped to empty many prisons, the exact reverse is now happening. In many countries the jails are filling up again, and there is very little concerted effort and condemnation to stop it..
Source: the Civicus Monitor, an online research platform that tracks fundamental freedoms in 197 countries and territories.thinks it’s important to name some of the people and groups of people who no longer have the “privilege” of gathering with friends and family for a global celebration such as the World Cup.