“Without us”, headlines the newspaper on Tuesday, which will not cover the World Cup in Qatar “in the name of its values”.
This decision is historic: never has a French media boycotted the World Cup. Le Quotidien de la Réunion, which covers the island’s news, has announced that it is skipping the 2022 World Cup which will begin on November 22.
«In the name of its values, Le Quotidien boycotts the 2022 World Cup“, displays the newspaper in One. The press release specifies that this choice follows the “intolerable attacks on dignity, human freedoms, minorities, the planetperpetrated by the tournament organizers.
Many testimonies have emerged in recent weeks to denounce the poor working conditions of workers on stadium sites, as well as air conditioning systems.