Wales staff boycott Qatar World Cup over gay rights
Human rights organisation Amnesty International has "multiple concerns", including Qatar's record on gay rights and its treatment of migrant workers.
"We are looking forward to playing a very active role, from the FAW and the Welsh government's perspective, in airing our views."But he said some of his friends and FAW staff members "won't be travelling" to Qatar because of the country's stance on gay rights."The vast, vast majority of people will go and understand also our position that it is a platform to try to improve life there and to have good dialogue on issues like human rights...
"So, I think that the rights holders, the big global sports institutions like the Olympics, Fifa, Uefa and bodies like that, really have to think strategically and they have to think very deeply about their conscience," Mr Mooney added.First minister Mark Drakeford said Wales should use its opportunity to raise human rights issues with Qatari authorities
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