Qatar's human rights record and lack of protections for migrant workers have spurred controversy.
last month unveiled new, "toned down" World Cup team jerseys intended to protest Qatar's human rights record.
"We don’t wish to be visible during a tournament that has cost thousands of people their lives," kit manufacturer . "We support the Danish national team all the way, but that isn’t the same as supporting Qatar as a host nation."— including Paris, Marseille, Lille, Bordeaux, Reims and Strasbourg — have announced that they will not organize public screenings, or "fan zones," for World Cup matches. France is looking to defend their 2018 World Cup title.
Pierre Rabadan, Paris’ deputy mayor of sport, said Qatar's “model of staging big events goes against what [Paris - the host of the 2024 Olympics] wants to organize." While the lack of fan zones is in protest of "the conditions of the organization of this World Cup, both on the environmental and social level," it's not a boycott of the tournament itself, he added,
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