Amnesty International has urged England footballers to consider following in the footsteps of other international teams and protest over the human rights record of World Cup hosts, Qatar. A report released last month by the Guardian, revealed how 6,500 migrant workers have died since Qatar was awarded World Cup host status. Amnesty wrote to FIFA earlier this month urging the governing body to do more to protect workers' rights ahead of the tournament in 2022. Now Amnesty has asked England players to consider adding their voices to the growing protest ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Poland at Wembley, tomorrow. Holland became the latest team to protest against Qatar's human rights record before their World Cup qualifier against Latvia on Saturday.

Source: Daily Mail March 30, 2021 16:07 UTC