Jun 5, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
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Keti NivyabandiGuest
Shireen AhmedHost
Now, for many people, hosting a Men's World Cup overseas would have kind of sounded the alarms.
Why is the co-hosting of the United States, Canada and Mexico one that fans should be aware of?
should be concerned with, right? So, well, first and foremost, because there are human rights concerns in nearly every country that FIFA holds its World Cup in, but particularly because in the United States, specifically, we're facing a human rights emergency.
We are seeing unprecedented assault on people's rights, whether it is, you know, migrants, whether it is simply assault on the rule of law, gender rights.
So it is a non-precedented situation in the United States that we need to be very, very concerned about.
And then in Mexico as well, there are very big concerns when it comes to human rights.
I think one of the things that's concerning is we've seen Mexico deployed about 100,000 security personnel.
But that risks, obviously, diminishing or censoring the rights to freedom of expression.
So our office in Mexico has worked with victims and families of the disappeared, disappeared people in Mexico for years and for decades.
And they're planning a really large demonstration in front of the stadium for the opening.
We don't know to what extent the security personnel will be used to, you know, to sort of to stop, to limit, to censor that protest or any other protest for that matter.
So, essentially, there are concerns around the way that FIFA is organizing the World Cup and the events that may happen around the World Cup.
But then there are also concerns about human rights in the host countries, in the United States, in Mexico, and in Canada.
Now, for many people, hosting a Men's World Cup overseas would have kind of sounded the alarms.
Why is the co-hosting of the United States, Canada and Mexico one that fans should be aware of?
should be concerned with, right? So, well, first and foremost, because there are human rights concerns in nearly every country that FIFA holds its World Cup in, but particularly because in the United States, specifically, we're facing a human rights emergency.
We are seeing unprecedented assault on people's rights, whether it is, you know, migrants, whether it is simply assault on the rule of law, gender rights.
So it is a non-precedented situation in the United States that we need to be very, very concerned about.
And then in Mexico as well, there are very big concerns when it comes to human rights.
I think one of the things that's concerning is we've seen Mexico deployed about 100,000 security personnel.
But that risks, obviously, diminishing or censoring the rights to freedom of expression.
So our office in Mexico has worked with victims and families of the disappeared, disappeared people in Mexico for years and for decades.
And they're planning a really large demonstration in front of the stadium for the opening.
We don't know to what extent the security personnel will be used to, you know, to sort of to stop, to limit, to censor that protest or any other protest for that matter.
So, essentially, there are concerns around the way that FIFA is organizing the World Cup and the events that may happen around the World Cup.
But then there are also concerns about human rights in the host countries, in the United States, in Mexico, and in Canada.
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